New blog post is out. This was supposed to be about YA novels, but it ended up being mainly about transphobia. That's been very much on my mind of late, particularly after the US election result in November. Give it a look and let me know what you think, and sorry about the lack of content over the past couple weeks or so. https://open.substack.com/pub/hailymerry/p/some-thoughts-on-ya-novels-and-why?r=4m0f50&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #blog #substack #trans #transphobia #books #YA

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/02/middleeast/israel-idf-gaza-moshe-yaalon-palestinians-ethnic-cleansing-intl/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

A highly decorated former #Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing #Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of #Palestinians in northern #Gaza. Moshe #Ya’alon, who served for three decades in the Israel Defense Forces (#IDF)(...) and as the military’s chief of staff, also said that he believed Israel was losing its identity as a liberal democracy and becoming a “corrupt and leprous fascist Messianic state.”

The Change series by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith is my favorite YA fantasy.

By "fantasy" I mean post-apocalyptic western with mutant superpowers :D

This series does diversity right. It's part of the setting. The story also features a very cute throuple, a demisexual main character, and realistic depiction of PTSD. And yes, it's well written and exciting. Final book out in October.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753KXMV3?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1718896357&sr=1-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin

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