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AZ. has early voting, I voted today with a heavy heart . I am one of the holdouts that loves to vote in person ON Election Day. I hate that I had fears of people acting up or worse at polling places , that I might be disenfranchised on the day. If you had told me a couple decades ago that thoughts like this were even possible, I would have said no. This is a big one, please vote .

AmyG That we are even at this point…blows my mind. 3w

Leftcoastzen @AmyG me too ! I voted as soon as I was old enough, I always thought it was important, some of my friends thought it was nerdy or old fashioned. 😄 3w

AnnCrystal 💝🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝. 3w

dabbe We're doing the same thing for the same reason tomorrow. 💙💙💙 3w

Leftcoastzen @dabbe 🙌👏✊ 3w

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mandarchy

Because of You, John Lewis | Andrea Davis Pinkney

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Beautifully illustrated, this book is really about a child named Tybre Faw who was so inspired by John Lewis and how their friendship was formed. Truly an #everybodybook younger children would need a lot of support to understand the content, but there's plenty of time for that. Any child could relate to the admiration Faw has for Lewis.

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MallenNC

Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America | Ari Berman

Today is the last day to Early Vote here in North Carolina. I voted about 2 weeks ago when voting opened. I always vote not only because it‘s important but because people have fought so hard for this right.

Thanks for the idea to post about voting Alyisha!

(That‘s this year‘s voting sticker. I always stick them on this organizer.)

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monalyisha Thanks for voting, & for sharing @MallenNC! 🥳 Don‘t forget to email: monalitsy@gmail.com (and include your Litsy handle for me, if you would). (edited) 2y

MallenNC @monalyisha Done! I just sent the email. 2y

monalyisha @MallenNC 👏 💯 Thank you! 2y

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kspenmoll 👏🏻👏🏻 2y

marleed I live early voting. It releases me the anxiety of the necessity of voting on Election Day because there is no way I‘d ever forgo my right and responsibility to vote. 2y

MallenNC @marleed I always worry I am going to be sick on Election Day! So early voting helps my anxiety too. 2y

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MsLeah8417

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy | Carol Anderson

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy | Carol Anderson

Since you asked @ravenlee

Here‘s our year in books! #SheSaid

*They are all tagged below in the comments if anyone wants to find them and can‘t read the tiny type in the picture.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @Caroline2 @DebinHawaii @Nute @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @BarbaraTheBibliophage @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @Kdgordon88 @kspenmoll @staci.reads 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @ImperfectCJ
@bibliobliss @sabyym @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @ravenlee @Christine @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @rockpools 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sept. 2020 (my before the election pick)

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Oct. 2020(my nightmare/horror pick)

Know My Name: A Memoir

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Nov. 2020 (My Thanksgiving pick)

We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Dec. 2020 (Group fiction vote)

Girl, Woman, Other

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Jan. 2021 (Group vote)

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Feb. 2021 (Group Vote)

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Riveted_Reader_Melissa March 2021 (Group vote)

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

Riveted_Reader_Melissa April 2021 (Group vote)

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Riveted_Reader_Melissa May 2021 (Group Fiction pick)

Homegoing: A novel

Riveted_Reader_Melissa June 2021 (Group vote)

Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

Riveted_Reader_Melissa July 2021 (Group Vote)

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Riveted_Reader_Melissa August 2021 (Group Vote)

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

vlwelser If you had to pick, which was your favorite? 3y

ravenlee Awesome, thank you! 3y

SamAnne My favorite was Caste. But I‘m only a little ways into Wordslut. But loving the subject! 3y

MallenNC I‘ve gotten something from each of the books. I think my favorite would be Know My Name. I also really loved the two novels. 3y

KathyWheeler I was wrong — I started with Caste. I‘ve loved them all. 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser Great question….They all gave me something. But I think One Person, No Vote, and Invisible Women will be two that I refer back to and recommend a lot. And Know My Name will always hold a spot in my heart. 3y

staci.reads I love that you shared this! I didn't join until Caste, so I love seeing what came before! 3y

Chelsea.Poole Excellent selections, thanks for sharing! I‘ve read and was moved by some of these. I need to read the others I haven‘t yet. How far do you plan titles in advance? 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Chelsea.Poole We try to plan out at least 6 months in advance, usually further. That way anyone can put a book on hold or request an interlibrary loan and has enough time for it to come in to read together. We‘ve also been lucky this way to have a few go on kindle sale in the months before we read it, and can pick it up knowing it coming up soon. Right this minute, we have planned out most of next year, with a few open spots waiting to fill. 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Chelsea.Poole Would you like me to tag you on the upcoming books posts, so you can see what‘s coming up next? 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage So many of these are meaningful and important. But Tomorrow Will Be Different hit the hardest for me. Sarah is so brave and strong. 🌈 3y

Chelsea.Poole @Riveted_Reader_Melissa wonderful! I would need a bit ahead of time to hopefully get the title from the library to read along with you all. And yes!! Please do tag me in your posts! ♥️📚 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Chelsea.Poole Will do! 3y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy | Carol Anderson

I was going to post this tomorrow, but since it came up in our #SheSaid discussion today!

Happy Anniversary!

Here‘s to our first book, 1 year ago!
To all the great books since!
And to many, MANY more! 💙

Thank all of you, whether you‘ve been in one discussion or a bunch, our discussions are always the best!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @ImperfectCJ
@bibliobliss @sabyym @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @ravenlee @Christine @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @rockpools 3y

vlwelser ❤❤❤ thank you so much for organizing this and making it happen. 3y

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KathyWheeler Happy anniversary! I only became part of this with Invisible Women; I‘m going to go back and read some of the others. 3y

Deblovestoread Happy anniversary! So grateful for this group and the books that I've read! #shesaid 3y

sabyym Ayy this is incredible !! Happy 1 year to you 3y

ravenlee Happy anniversary! I remember seeing this then but not being able to commit. I‘m glad to have joined the party now. By the way, is there a list of the previous books all y‘all have read? 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ravenlee I believe I have a list, let me look. 3y

Suet624 THANK YOU! You‘ve been fantastic at organizing and keeping it going. 3y

MallenNC Thank you for leading this group. We‘ve read so many good books and the discussions have helped make them even more meaningful. I‘m looking forward to more #SheSaid this year. 3y

tenar Thank you so much for hosting and organizing! It‘s been a real joy to participate. Interestingly, even though I have a pretty big recency bias when thinking of how much I enjoyed books, One Person, No Vote still holds up as one of my favorites we‘ve read. It was a fantastic start! 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar Yes, that was a good one. I think I might want to re-read it every 2 years before every election, just to remind myself it‘s nothing new and we need to keep vigilant. 3y

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GatheringBooks

The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History | Rich Wallace, Sandra Neil Wallace

#FallTreasures Day 6: This new Overdrive ebook find seems perfect for #LaborDay. Review is forthcoming.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy | Carol Anderson

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In my mind, voter suppression is the number one issue of equality today. Its history is long and bloody. Now it may be less gory, but it‘s def no less oppressive. Anderson lays out everything up until about 2018. Then the daily news takes over. Necessary reading for every American. She makes it easy to wrap your brain around the unwrappable.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2021 #resistlist #socialjustice #readresistvote

Megabooks Stacking! 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Megabooks It‘s a must. And just 5-6 hours on audio. 3y

Leftcoastzen I got a lot out of this book. 3y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Leftcoastzen Yes, it‘s short but mighty! 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m so glad you finally got to this one! I read it right before the last election in October or November…it‘s so powerful, and the problem seems to be getting worse instead of better! 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Voter suppression does seem progressively worse and more widespread. So the topic is just as relevant as ever. I admired that you could read it at that point — I was knee deep is everything politics and it was too much. Then it was recently on sale at Audible and I grabbed it. 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa It was one of the first books I picked fir #SheSaid, so I had motivation to actually read it. And at the time as they were removing drop boxes etc…then it seemed so relevant…but it‘s gotten even more so since. 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Good strategy to encourage yourself to read it!! 3y

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BookishMarginalia

Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America | Deborah Diesen

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Lovely illustrations, simple text, and extra info about the evolution of #votingrights in the United States and the connection between voting and equality.
#nonfictionpicturebook written by #DeborahDiesen and illustrated by #MagdalenaMora

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy | Carol Anderson

Long past time to start this. But more relevant than ever.

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