Jenn Baker - Offline July 2024

Jenn Baker - Offline July 2024

@jbakernyc.bsky.social

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New Yorker, Editor, Writer, host/creator Minorities in Publishing podcast. Books: FORGIVE ME NOT (2023), EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018).
www.jennifernbaker.com

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I'm on another month-long social media hiatus traveling, planning the MiP podcast anniversary, and nursing chronic tendinitis (tendinosis). DMs here will NOT be checked, and limited emails will be responded to. Call/text for anything urgent ✌🏿. Stay safe yall!

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Resources for people wanting to help Gazans bsky.app/profile/did:...

Bluesky Gaza Information

Feed by @mommunism.bsky.social

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Join me in supporting the Free Store at Bluestockings! There is a great need for snacks and for Gatorade. Thank you to everyone who can contribute and/or share the call for donations: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Check out my list on Amazonwww.amazon.com

And this ... is why I need social media breaks. We are all 😵‍💫.

Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

Deadline to apply for the 2025 #Changemaker Authors Cohort is August 15! This virtual program from Narrative Initiative & Unicorn Authors Club provides coaching, peer #writing groups, craft talks, & resources to support #organizers w/ their books! Apply 👇🏿: narrativeinitiative.org/changemaker-...

Changemaker Authors Program - Narrative Initiativenarrativeinitiative.org The Changemaker Authors program educates activists on the book publishing industry and offers support on their book projects.

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We're only two weeks away from the release of BIJAN ALWAYS WINS, my next picture book, with art by Michelle Tran! You can still preorder if you like! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667839...

In these digital spaces, it's becoming more and more imperative that we archive our own work and the histories that have been documented online because they can be wiped away in a heartbeat.

absolutely ghoulish of paramount to wipe 25+ years of journalism for their bottom line

MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offlinevariety.com The website of the already-defunct MTV News has been fully pulled offline.

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Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

Learn more about the National Poor People's March happening on June 29th in DC at the link below 👇🏿 www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/mm2024/

Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington, D.C. & to the Pollswww.poorpeoplescampaign.org Join The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington D.C. & to the Polls! Saturday, June 29th | 10AM | Washington, D.C. | Third & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ...

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#kidlit now is your chance to evade the paywall! And with a discount!

If you're mad about Publisher's Weekly's new paywall, you can get a super discounted digital subscription FOR A YEAR via @litagentsofchange.bsky.social Auction for Change. Get a subscription and support a good cause! givebutter.com/c/MsVK8X/auc...

2024 Literary Auction for Changegivebutter.com By Literary Agents of Change, Inc.

Why, of course, I'm sharing another article about how AI is affecting the writing world/job market because we're in the FUTURE, yall! www.bbc.com/future/artic...

AI took their jobs. Now they get paid to make it sound humanwww.bbc.com If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future.

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The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or moreapnews.com Israeli airstrikes are eradicating entire Palestinian families in Gaza, sometimes generations at a time, to a degree never seen before in previous conflicts there.

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Excited to share the brand new MEGA KIDLIT FEED! Easily stay on top of #KidLit posts from all (well… many) folks in the community! Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... For more info on the feed and HOW TO ADD/USE it, see comments 👇 #kidlitart

New York City libraries are facing a $58.3 million budget cut that could force most branches to reduce service to just five days a week. If you're on the 'Gram or Twitter, please tell @/NYCMayor & @/NYCCouncil to fund our #libraries. #NoCutstoLibraries #AltText investinlibraries.org/dayofaction

Day of Action for Libraries: #NoCutsToLibraries — Invest in Librariesinvestinlibraries.org Your library and your community need your help! Our public libraries are facing a potential $58.3 million cut.

It ain't only journalism. 🧐 #JustSaying

"While R29 Unbothered remains as one of the few platforms that commission and amplify Black writers both in the US and UK, journalism is still a very, white, middle-class industry with Black journalists only making up 0.2% of the overall workforce." www.refinery29.com/en-us/black-...

Black Women Are Leaving Journalism & It’s A Huge Losswww.refinery29.com The golden era of journalism has long gone and many are choosing to make an escape plan—especially Black women, including myself.

#ICYMI, Deadline to bid on manuscript critiques is June 30th! Many folx are offering their expertise if you're seeking some feedback: www.32auctions.com/organization...

I'm once again happy to offer a (full) manuscript critique as part of Sandra Goodman's #KidLit4Ceasefire Fundraiser for families in Palestine 🇵🇸 & Sudan 🇸🇩. There are a TON of amazingly talented authors offering their expertise, so take advantage yall! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Full MG Manuscript Critique from Jennifer Bakerwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Full MG Manuscript Critique from Jennifer Baker' hosted online at 32auctions.

Full MG Manuscript Critique from Jennifer Bakerwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Full MG Manuscript Critique from Jennifer Baker' hosted online at 32auctions.

Hell. Freaking. Yes! #BookDeal I've been waiting for a novel that burns 🔥 the Sallie Maes of the world down!

I wrote a heist novel about a Black woman who, after falling behind on her student loan payments, gets harassed so bad by debt police that she joins up with two friends to try and take out her student loan company. Summer 2025!

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also the Western world just generally doesn't care about what's happening to Africans. and the rare times they pay attention, they get it wrong and/or wilfully misrepresent the situation

NYT has an extensive write up of what is happening in Sudan, which I am providing a gift link for and which I hope you will read. I think the primary reason news stories re: Sudan are rare is that — as the piece notes — it’s hard for journalists to get in. BUT www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/w...

A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abysswww.nytimes.com A year of fighting has turned the once proud capital, Khartoum, into a charred battleground. Millions have fled. Now a famine threatens in one of Africa’s biggest countries.

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Bilingual book deal etsy.me/3voW6tt #bilingual #spanishlanguagelearners #englishlanguagelearners #immersion #ArtOfRobertLiuTrujillo

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UPDATED: My Bluesky Starter Thread For Illustrators. Pls see my MAIN BLUESKY STARTER THREAD for Bluesky basics, resources, & more #BlueSkyTips. Also: Index Of Custom Feeds & LISTS: KidLit/YA Graphic Novel Community, Colorists & Flatters, KidLit Art Directors/Designers, KidLit/YA Illustrators. 🧵👇🏼

I'm once again happy to offer a (full) manuscript critique as part of Sandra Goodman's #KidLit4Ceasefire Fundraiser for families in Palestine 🇵🇸 & Sudan 🇸🇩. There are a TON of amazingly talented authors offering their expertise, so take advantage yall! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Full MG Manuscript Critique from Jennifer Bakerwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Full MG Manuscript Critique from Jennifer Baker' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Every damn thing nowadays

Yes, stay 😷 masked friends! And test regularly.

Now that it's been a week since Memorial Day Weekend and summer is off to a start, I just wanted to caution folks about covid once again. Friends near and far are testing positive. If you're going to summer conferences or large gatherings, please take precautions. Let's keep each other safe!

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FYI Charlesbridge has an open call out right now for STEAM based #kidlit (fiction) picture books. Guidelines on their site: www.charlesbridge.com/pages/steamw...

Steamworkswww.charlesbridge.com

It's almost time for the Bronx Book Festival! A week away yall! I'm really looking forward to talking Fiction in the Real World next Saturday at 11am. #TheBronxIsReading Donations to The Bronx Is Reading keeps the wonderful programming free to the public! www.thebronxisreading.com/the-bronx-bo...

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“The new album is a tribute to James Baldwin and will be released on the 100th anniversary of the iconic author’s birth, August 2. Below, listen to the first two singles from the album, “Travel” and “Raise the Roof.”” pitchfork.com/news/meshell...

Meshell Ndegeocello Announces James Baldwin Tribute Album, Shares New Songspitchfork.com No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin will be released on the 100th anniversary of the iconic author’s birth

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The Schomburg Literary Festival is on June 15. Sojourners for Justice Press is excited to curate a mini-Black zine fair as part of the festivities. Join us from 11-6 pm at the Schomburg! Information about the Lit Fest is here: www.schomburgcenterlitfest.org

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it rules that a jury of rando New Yorkers is braver than several federal judges and basically every single senator

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Fighting in Sudan: What you need to know about the crisiswww.rescue.org Even before the recent clashes, Sudan was facing extreme weather shocks, social and political unrest and rising food prices.