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The largest #comics social media page on the net,

r/comics on Reddit banned @BloodyRedBaron & his new pro-cop superhero comic for racism & misinformation,

They also banned the @FDRLST citing my article for Baron's ban

Hat tip to @BleedingFool & @BoundingComics
In addition, Facebook has made it all but impossible for Baron & others for ads on Facebook for the Thin Blue Line @Indiegogo campaign,

Blocking ads under the "sensitive social issues that could influence public opinion" rubric
#comics #nerd #kickstarter #politics #conservatives
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Today, @MNSUMankato, I discuss the role of #Muslimah protagonists of #GraphicNovel in #IslamicFeminism, based on the book #VeiledSuperheros. Join us for an open discussion about #Veil, #MuslimGirls power, and more. Link👇🏾
@northeastMLA @NemlaWGSC @TahminaSobat #MuslimTwitter
Register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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As we all settle into the next while in self-isolation, I thought it would be a good time to make and share a comic. So i decided on this one; Robert Lewis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". Page 1 of ??? #Treasureisland #comics #CreativeBursts Image
Page 2 of my adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island #TreasureIsland #Comics #CreativeBursts Image
Page 3 of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for your kids and also for you! #treasureIsland #Comics #CreativeBursts Image
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Not long ago, after a session in which I celebrated Jerry Craft's #newbery win for New Kid, a teacher approached me to express her dismay over a #graphicnovel winning this award and asked me to justify my enthusiasm for the decision. She was not rude or combative, but she...
clearly thought I was wrong. I said I would be happy to discuss it with her, but I wanted to ask her a few questions first:

Me: Have you read New Kid?
Her: No.
Me: Have you read the specific criteria for the Newbery?
Her: No
Me: It sounds to me then that you're letting...
your own biases as a reader, rather than actual information, about the book or the process, guide your thinking.

To be fair, she then said that she probably needed to read the book before offering an opinion, but I was left feeling like that wouldn't happen. (Admittedly, I...
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2018: My Year of Reading. A thread that follows my reading journey from January to December. Every book I've read with a 280 character review. Tagged a few folks who influence the shape of my literary life 📚 #THEBOOKCHAT #DisruptTexts #TeachLivingPoets 📚
1. Never Let Me Go; Kazuo Ishiguro: A supremely crafted narrative begins unassumingly, but quickly reveals a different notion of childhood innocence and coming of age. The conversational tone fooled me into thinking I was walking into a world I understood. Nobel worthy.
2. We Should All Be Feminists; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: As an author who breathes eloquence, Adichie doesn't disappoint. This short book/long essay is insightful and logical and human. If we want to raise boys without the toxic masculinity, this is on the required reading list.
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