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Valerie M. Evans (Literanista) 🌺

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Writer. Dreamer. Advocate. Ethics. Formerly Social + Digital, PR & Comms, Editor @ IFF, Thomson Reuters, AOL, Hachette Books. New Yorker on the Carolina Coast 🧿 ValerieMEvans.com

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Weird how that happens to women like Borsook and Sarah Wynn-Williams who have the cojones to challenge power, speak out and alert the masses.

25.10.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats’ Unhinged Crusade Against ICE Fuels Bloodshed The carnage in Dallas, Texas β€” where a maniac with β€œANTI-ICE” ammo gunned down an ICE field office in an attack clearly targeted at ICE personnel β€” lays

The Senate has to act. We the People cannot and will not tolerate the blatant dismantling and disregard for our country and laws. I’m disgusted by the constant Hatch Act violations. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

03.10.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a dumpster is on fire in a flooded area with the words everything 's fine below it . ALT: a dumpster is on fire in a flooded area with the words everything 's fine below it .

Meanwhile, in #SouthCarolina we are dealing with brain-eating amoeba, radioactive wasps and the writer of Project2025 making a bid for the Senate.

29.07.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just submitted a multimedia project that pushed every ethical muscle I’ve got and suddenly, I’m 2 modules away from completing my MA in Media, Ethics, and Social Change.

It’s wild and humbling to realize I’m almost there.
Thankfull. Tired. Lit up.

30.06.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.06.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a crown is standing next to a man in a helmet and a caption that says all hail the queen ALT: a woman in a crown is standing next to a man in a helmet and a caption that says all hail the queen

Just got branded as β€œGoddess of One Source of Truth” at work. #Commslife

12.06.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2024 election results under scrutiny as lawsuit advances A judge has ruled that a lawsuit questioning the election results in Rockland County, New York, can proceed to discovery.

If everyone is focused on the riots, no is thinking about the voting anomalies and Epstein case #politicaltheatre

www.newsweek.com/2024-electio...

11.06.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So happy to see this! I love me some Nicole Curtis! She’s badass!

07.06.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜That BIG Book Sale’ returns to benefit Charleston libraries, literacy Now through the end of this weekend, Charleston-area readers will have the opportunity to find their next new novel while supporting a good cause.

This sounds incredible for all my fellow literary Carolinians: Over 250 volunteers will join together to sell 50,000 books, across 40 genres, to fund programs at the Charleston County Public Library system’s 18 branches and support literacy in the Lowcountry
www.live5news.com/2025/06/05/c...

05.06.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man from schitt 's creek is making a funny face while holding his hands together . ALT: a man from schitt 's creek is making a funny face while holding his hands together .

As a Comms person:

05.06.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just read a research paper that found that framing issues in American society as civil rights (related) will likely result in a backlash. What a world we are living in now.

03.06.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw someone comment about how violent and profane Italian brain rot is for children and all I could think is: Oh, you don’t actually check what your kids watch or watch with your kids. πŸ€―πŸ˜†β˜•οΈπŸ©°

03.06.2025 11:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Death of Web Design: Why Websites Will Soon Auto-Design Themselves Websites are about to start designing themselvesβ€”literally. Powered by AI and real-time behavior data, they’ll adapt layouts, copy, and UX on the fly. What does that mean for web designers? Obsolescen...

We’re not far off.

webdesignerdepot.com/the-death-of...

02.06.2025 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It’s Coming for the Sitcom Creators are making longer shows to meet viewers where they are: increasingly, in front of their TVs.

I’m surprised it hasn’t already. We saw this coming a decade ago. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

02.06.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Boys Are Behind in School From the Start

Just read this, found it interesting that boys are more prone to hardship (wonder if that has a lot to do with how we raise boys), & why we’re still pushing academic studies instead of play-based early education if it’s been proven to be more effective www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/u...

02.06.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So over it. I can tell you most CEOs also think it’s cringe but feel obligated. We all knew when it got acquired it was going to go this way.

29.05.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have data to support this claim?

16.05.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m recommending it to my 8-yr-old graphic novel reader on our next book shopping spree

16.05.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe another time.

16.05.2025 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it? Didn’t they get rid of fact checkers, roll back content moderation and put onus on its users? It’s no surprise scams are surging.

16.05.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I have mixed feelings. Data guides smarter choices, it’s not about vanity social proof and flex.

16.05.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tried reading this and couldn’t get past the hubristic, boastful tone. I disappointedly dropped it after a few pages.

16.05.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was okay with just having had that soundtrack in my life. I remember watching the movie with my sister in the theater!

16.05.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a snow leopard 's face with the words `` hill leopard '' written on it . ALT: a close up of a snow leopard 's face with the words `` hill leopard '' written on it .
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not the onion

16.05.2025 13:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s β€œcrabs-in-bucket” behavior. They’re going down fast and says more about them than anyone they try to smear on their way out. Reeks of desperation!

14.05.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eight Goodbyes: Love, Loss, and the Six Years That Changed Everything The first to die that year, the year before COVID-19 changed everything, was my aunt, Ruth or β€œChin” as we ...

What’s it like losing 8 close relatives in the span of a few years? I wrote about my experience www.valeriemevans.com/history/eigh...

26.04.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost half a century ago, I was lucky enough to go to a public school in Harlem with a classroom full of Apple PCs where I played video games before that was a thing. My fave was this math one, which was basically a haunted house escape room. I wish my son could play it. #1980s #retrovideogames

07.04.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That will surely end well.

06.04.2025 13:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Resist the regime.

Reading books is resistance.

Buying books is resistance.

Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrating books is resistance.

Resist this regime.

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