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My bookstack and me dressed in blue for World Autism Day

#drbookworm #bookstack #autism #autismawareness #raiseareader

We officially have a rainbow teen. Not a rainbow baby, not a rainbow child, but a rainbow TEEN. That also means that my Macy Button is 14 years old, and my Little Lion has just turned 13.

It took me a long time before I found out that the term ra

From my rainy day Mulan disneybound a few weeks ago. Finally got my Mulan ‘castle’ loungefly a bit ago. 😃 Please note my reluctant Mushu.

#drbookworm #disneybound #disneyboundtowork #mulan

I forgot to post the last of my I-Support-Trans-Rights- Not-Hogwarts-Pride-Days pictures! From a few days ago, here are some books featuring trans or non-binary characters.

📖 The Deep and Dark Blue by Niki Smith
📖 Magical Boy by The Kao
📖 Cemete

Did you know that the character of Ursula was partially inspired by an actor and drag queen named Divine?

Continuing my anti-Hogwarts House pride days to support the LGBTQ+ community.

Also, I somehow have two copies of the wonderful Blackout. If

Bi crossing the bifrost! In today’s boycott of Hogwarts house pride days, I feel a bit remiss because Loki would fit right in. But I earnestly believe that Slytherins would support trans rights and not transphobia. Btw, I’m told that Loki

This is the week when I usually would dress up for each Hogwarts house pride day. This year, I’m supporting LGBTQ+ rights.

#everyonewelcome #lgtbqpride #lgtbqally #ally #doctorbookworm

Happy International Women’s Day! It happens to coincide with Women in History day at Little Lion’s school. Today I represented Mabel Ping Hua Lee, a lesser known suffragist who happened to be a Chinese American teen activist.

She led a

FOURTEEN
Squirt:
Warm belly hugs
Guitar music and toddler singing
Teary nights
Loving warm hands
Warm meals and sad smiles
A circle surrounding me, surrounding you
With nothing but love
Three chromosomes
Many anomalies
‘Incompatible’ with

#Caturday A latergram as Little Lion is still fast asleep.

Waves of Grief:
They say that grief comes in waves and I can understand that metaphor. This month is January, typically the hardest month of the year for me as it is when Macy was born and when she died.

This year—this year I’m feeling

They say you should never meet your heroes. It’s a trope for a reason. (And one which one character mutters about another in the Wednesday series…. no spoilers.) Luckily we haven’t had to live that trope yet.

Every time we&rsqu

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