Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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kids and young adult book author, cohost Failure to Adapt podcast. Trying my best. Founding member of Authors Against Book Bans. (She/her)

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It’s sad to see that people can’t even engage news about Gaza — thousands of civilians fleeing for their lives from bombs we paid for TODAY — without loudly replying “WELL, I’M STILL VOTING FOR BIDEN.” Ok? I didn’t ask you; the ask if anything was for your humanity. Y’all post like campaign bots.

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This is powerful. Thank you.

I gave the keynote address at the pilgrimage to Minidoka (the Japanese American incarceration camp where my grandparents met) and it's intended for us, but I'd be honored if you read it, too. I wrote it for Ahmad Al-Najjar. www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2024/7/...

2024 Minidoka Pilgrimage Keynote — Pretty Ok Maggiewww.prettyokmaggie.com

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"Ahmad was my child. And he was yours, too." 💔

2024 Minidoka Pilgrimage Keynote — Pretty Ok Maggiewww.prettyokmaggie.com

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If the French defeat the Nazis and America doesn’t, we will have to retire some of our most cherished jokes.

largest french turnout in 40 years, to keep the nazis down. fascism sucks up power left unattended

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I love it when the far right are ‘sad and disappointed’. 🇫🇷 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

France's far right 'sad and disappointed' over election resultwww.bbc.co.uk With the champagne on ice, they thought they were on the brink of victory - but it didn't happen.

2024 Minidoka Pilgrimage Keynote — Pretty Ok Maggiewww.prettyokmaggie.com

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“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

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Just remember: the fascists do not have to win. It is not inevitable.

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We need more, but credit where due: both The Nation (June 2024 issue) and Boston Review have run a breakdown of the Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document. Media Matters, too. Lots of good work going on digesting this. www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins... www.mediamatters.org/project-2025

Where are the columnists who are experts in specific fields, breaking down what the Heritage Foundation + Trump want to do to each individual federal agency? E.g. I read the section dedicated to our intelligence agencies, and had to stop, since I was starting to feel a little nauseous.

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“Almost the entire population”

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

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Gentle reminder to all the protagonists out there to release the breath you don't know you're holding.

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No one has written about this (I will) but Project 2025 will destroy federal lands as we know it as well as any progress towards recognizing Native peoples.

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"When politicians say [migrants are overwhelming local infrastructure], it is typically because they have refused to invest in that infrastructure for their own citizens long before the arrival of any migrants. [Isn't it easier to blame those] whom much of electorate are already primed to despise?"

I finally wrote an essay about the rise of the far-right in Germany, for DIE ZEIT. It’s called “The Hatred Is Accelerating” and you can read it in English here: www.zeit.de/kultur/2023-... and in German here: www.zeit.de/kultur/2023-... - if of interest, please share.

This makes me so happy

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I mean, given how just about every "calm down, that won't happen" folks said in 2016 did, in fact, happen...

if your instinct is "calm down, surely this is an exaggeration," allow me to assure you that it's really not

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Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor: “Look for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.

we didn't punch enough fascists in the face tbh

This is in Donnelly Idaho as a result of hb 710, which makes libraries financially liable for any complaint of "inappropriateness" Identical legislation is on the floor in Idaho. Book bans used to be quaint, a result of moral panics that ebbed and flowed. Now they're organized. This is the result

This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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Pouring one out for all the Idaho kids who won’t get to go to the library because their parents will get nervous about singing an affidavit.

This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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Again, Black people are an exception here, as basically anyone who stayed in the Jim Crow South has a living memory of living under what amounted to fascism, including the “always walking on eggshells/lack of social trust/long periods of boring endurance/randomized terrifying violence”

Pretty much. What it mostly boils down to is that most Americans really don’t have the faintest idea what living under modern authoritarian regimes actually looks like, and how it’s often at the same time way more boring and way more scary than they’d imagined.

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You should join Authors against Book Bans!

If you're a writer, right now you could join Authors Against Book Bans! www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

Authors Against Book Banswww.authorsagainstbookbans.com Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support the availability of diverse ...

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I’ve got 2 items up for bid in the @romancingthevote.bsky.social auction! There’s so much cool stuff w $$ going to voting rights orgs! PAYAL MEHTA’S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT arc! www.32auctions.com/organization... 1 hour zoom sesh about writing for Marvel etc: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Authors Against Book Bans is in People magazine today!!! Have you joined yet? Don't let the fascists win. people.com/new-coalitio...

New Coalition Against Book Bans Launches Nationwide With Support From Authors Like Judy Blume and Julia Quinnpeople.com A nationwide coalition against banning books has been launched with over 1500 members including New York Times bestselling authors Judy Blume and Julia Quinn.

Hawk tuah is an incredible litmus test for how heterosexual your feed is

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Support @romancingthevote.bsky.social, do a small part to fight Project 2025 AND get a virtual school visit (value $1k) all at the same time! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Virtual School Visit for Love in the Librarywww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Virtual School Visit for Love in the Library' hosted online at 32auctions.

Support @romancingthevote.bsky.social, do a small part to fight Project 2025 AND get a virtual school visit (value $1k) all at the same time! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Virtual School Visit for Love in the Librarywww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Virtual School Visit for Love in the Library' hosted online at 32auctions.

my kink is being called "Tokuda-Hall" in reviews, tweets, or essays or whatever bc I'm like damn, that's how AUTHORS are referenced

Clara just started crying, and when Adam when go check on what was happening Noah yelled "I didn't do anything!" Which did little to alleviate concern that perhaps, just maybe, he had in fact done something.

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Thoroughly enjoying one of my favourites, Mr David Tennant, being extremely relaxed about saying things which are true.

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Today is a good day to donate to some GFMs for Palestinians. I'll thread the ones I'm donating to. All came from the Operation Olive Branch spreadsheet. Who are you donating to today? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Operation Olive Branchdocs.google.com NAVIGATION <a href="https://gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737">🚨 URGENT: Donate DIRECTLY to Gaza Municipality to provide WATER (water is life #LifeforGaza) 🚨</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spr...