In case you missed them, here are some of the tweets that people were buzzing about this week. Last minute additions late Thursday night could have been VidCon and yet another shooting, but I’m frankly too tired and upset to handle all that, so you are going to have to look that up on your own. These are all tweets on the lighter end of things.
Books/Reading/Authors
- @CrazyQuilts Open letter to @JetBlue http://www.zettaelliott.com/an-open-letter-to-jet-blue/ … @zettaelliott @brownbookworm @shgmclicious @sujeilugo #WeNeedDiverseBooks @sdiaz101
- @CynLeitichSmith Queen Victoria Becomes Children’s Author After 185 Years http://nbcnews.to/1BUklYp via
@nbcnews - @debreese Article by
@CurtisAcostaLLP abt critical thinking, diverse curriculum/lit: http://vue.annenberginstitute.org/sites/default/files/issuePDF/VUE34.pdf#page=17 …@diversebooks@anneursu - @sljournal Librarians Tackle Body Shaming via “Size Acceptance in YA” Tumblr http://ow.ly/PX63C
@sizeinYA#yalit#WeNeedDiverseBooks - @studio360show Using this epic map of literary road trips to plan all travel from now on
@atlasobscura http://bit.ly/1Je24MK - @LAReviewofBooks Kids in the Aftermath: Katrina in Young Adult Fiction http://ow.ly/PUQW8
- @CarrieMesrobian Also,
#YANeedsMore characters who aren’t readers. Or writers. Or even good students. - @diversebooks Wonderful Asian Am. roundtable by
@zettaelliott w/@ShvetaThakrar@Mike_Jung@sona_c@readingspark & Katie Yamasaki: http://www.zettaelliott.com/race-representation-in-asian-american-kid-lit/ …
Movies/TV
- @YAHollywood YA Sci-Fi Novel WAY DOWN DARK by @jpsmythe Optioned by Studio 8 http://youngadulthollywood.com/film/ya-sci-fi-novel-way-down-dark-optioned-by-studio-8/
- @andimjulie I guess now would be a good time to tell you that Disney has optioned the film rights to DUMPLIN’! (CUE FREAK OUT)
- @sugarscape We hung out with John Green and had a chat about writer’s block, Cara D and
#PaperTowns http://on.sugarsca.pe/1OrFAYy - @yabooknerd What did you think of this YA movie adaptation? http://yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2015/07/monday-matinee-duff.html …
- @flavorwire Is this the great new kids’ cooking show ‘MasterChef Junior’ fans are looking for? http://flvr.pl/1Dz9PXa
Contests/Giveaways
- @NicolaYoon RT/follow by 7/24 for a chance to win this handmade (by me) necklace and a signed ARC of EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING!
- @runningnoodles Do you like ya romance books? Check out the cover of A SUMMER LIKE NO OTHER by @ENowodazkij :) #aslno #ya #romance http://mybookaddiction.com/cover-reveal-giveaway-a-summer-like-no-other-by-elodie-nowodazkij/ …
- @GriffinTeen Sweepstakes ends tonight at midnight! Win books from
@therejectionist,@kerrywk,@BarbStewartYA, and@paperlanternlit http://smarturl.it/GTJRTw - @yabookscentral Creepy boarding school, secret girl group, chilling conspiracy! Go enter to win THE LOST GIRLS
@MariBiancaBooks http://www.yabookscentral.com/blog/it-s-live-cover-reveal-the-lost-girls-by-mari-bianca-giveaway-international … - @harperteen Enter to win an ARC of ASH & BRAMBLE by
@SPrineas! Forget the glass slipper. This girl prefers the sword. http://shrd.by/sTaZ32
Pop Culture
- @chescaleigh “17 powerful feminist quotes from Nicki Minaj” http://bit.ly/1gNcFmO
- @TLT16 Be honest, who is excited about Sharknado 3 tonight?
- @selfmagazine Confirmed: celebs are Tindering, too. http://on.self.com/1HUb3yb
- @salon Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson explain the known universe in under 8 minutes http://slnm.us/ErZY8eh
Youth Services/Youth Culture
- @CakeLiterary Genderqueer/Nonbinary Resources – transgenderteensurvivalguide: YouTube channels, Movies, and Documentaries… http://tmblr.co/Zkt6Eq1q76KuS
- @joykim I was living in Boston in 2005-> The Exact Moment Big Cities Got Too Expensive for Millennials http://bloom.bg/1I3gApx via
@business - @datasociety D&S is diving into a new research project to be led by
@Amanda_Lenhart on online abuse and privacy: http://buff.ly/1HM8mB0 - @zephoria In “The Web We Need to Give Students,”
@audreywatters argues for giving students their own domains: http://bit.ly/1Dq4ZeZ - @cmch_boston How the
#tech elite really introduce their#kids to technology http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55ae7fd7e4b0a9b94852a348 … via@HuffPostTech
–Hannah Gómez, currently reading About a Girl by Sarah McCarry
