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Do you know why we use the phrase, “Trust your gut?” melanieconklin.substack.com/p/trust-your...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.

submitted 12 days ago • 40 comments

I removed my recent post about the election data because I received some criticism about the way it was portrayed. To be clear what I’m saying is I would like to see a recount of the paper ballots in a few key Pennsylvania counties in order to put these questions to rest one way or the other.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

With the firing of the Librarian of Congress, book bans, and book burning dominating the headlines, it can be scary to speak up, but artists are in the business of speaking truth. melanieconklin.substack.com/p/an-artists...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

submitted 24 days ago • 1456 comments

I’m a huge fan of Edward Gorey’s work, particularly The Gashleycrumb Tinies, which is a hilariously dark alphabet book in which each letter is represented by a child who meets a horrible (and often ironic) fate.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

A #metoo story set in middle school. A page-turning mystery. A best friend breakup. Social media, consent, and boundaries. This is the story you’ve been looking for to discuss social media with your young readers. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melan...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

So awesome to see CRUSHED out in the wild! 😍🥰

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT has been selected for the Kansas NEA Reading Circle! Super stoked that this reassuring picture book written by me and illustrated by @leahhong.bsky.social will be shared with countless young readers in Kansas. 🥳🎉 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

For anyone looking for ways to promote empathy in young readers, I wrote a book about a sensitive boy battling toxic masculinity in middle school. It’s called A Perfect Mistake. www.lbyr.com/titles/melan...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

LET’S FREAKING GOOOO NC!!!

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

After growing up never finding souvenirs with my name, the amount of joy I get each time Christiana Mall is mentioned in @erinentrada.bsky.social’s FIRST STATE OF BEING! Also do I detect a @melanieconklin.bsky.social quotation? Or is this coincidence? I’m so glad to finally be reading this!

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.

submitted 55 days ago • 806 comments