HAPPY NATIONAL LATINA* DAY!!!

*While the title of this celebration today is gendered, I'm referencing all my Latina/e/x friends as well--this is a gender neutral celebration in my eyes.

Better than a federal holiday, this is a day to celebrate us BY us FOR us. In a time where our joy and community IS resistance, today I am celebrating louder than ever.

HAPPY NATIONAL LATINA DAY!!!

But this celebration is simultaneously mired in the grief I feel for my community. They are trying to disappear us. Book banners are trying to erase our stories from shelves. Will ANY publishers even celebrate Latinx Heritage Month? I don't know, but I DO know I'll always be here loudly cheering on and supporting my Latine community.

SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY

Before I tell you how you can support your favorite Latina creator, I want to remind you all that our Latinx community is being targeted by masked ICE thugs at a dangerously high rate--stolen off the street, many violently, put in concentration camps without adequate food and water. This includes Children! Mothers! Fathers! Our brothers and sisters.

We need to take good care of our community, especially our immigrant communities, now more than ever. I keep a list of national organizations to support in my Linktree and I would love if you could amplify one of them today or share in the comments an organization you know and trust for others to see.

SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE LATINA CREATOR

Our work also includes supporting our favorite Latinx creators. Some of my favorite Bindery communities you can support:

@Marines Alvarez

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On Bookstagram, you can support:

Carla

Ashley

Our very own Angie and Nani

Sharon

Adri

I'll be bosting more accounts as I can in my IG stories today, as well.

Let this be your reminder to boost your favorite Latina today--repost their social content, send them a Venmo, buy them a Ko-fi, subscribe to their newsletter, discover a new account to follow...maybe become a paid member of their Bindery ahead of Latinx Heritage Month??

Uplift your favorite Latina/e today and every single day. Happy National Latina Day to you all!

Con mucho, mucho amor,

Carmen

PS--Today's OOTD is very heavily influenced by celebration today