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So yesterday, I linked to Say Yes to Gay YA.

And now I link you to the other side of the story. Agent Joanna Stampfel-Volpe's On Being Used, the Lack of LGBTQ Characters in YA, and Why It's Important to Work Together.

ETA: Response from the authors

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Originally posted by darkspirited1 at SIGNAL BOOST: SAY YES TO GAY YA
This comes from an article by rachelmanija entitled, Say Yes to Gay YA.
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I bring you the creepy because apparently that's what I do these days...

Today, the creepy is the King Rat.


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This be a *singing* robot.

I actually can't listen to it on this computer right now but the article itself says it's a creepy robot head. It certainly *looks* creepy watching it without audio.



Well? Is it creepy???

You can read about it here.

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Haiti caught cholera from UN peacekeepers

"It's arguably more worrying than that: this risk was entirely foreseeable, happened anyway - and the official response was denial."

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