On this special bonus episode we learn more about the #TransRightsReadathon happening this March 20th-27th from the author who brought the idea to social media: Sim Kern.

If you are looking to share an example of a decentralized campaign with students, Kern's #TransRightsReadathon is brilliant to share.

Sim Kern is a Gulf Coast author and environmental journalist writing about climate change, queer identity, and social justice. Their debut horror novella, Depart, Depart!, was selected for the Honor List for the 2020 Otherwise Award. Their short story collection, Real Sugar is Hard to Find, was hailed in a starred review by Publishers Weekly as, “a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction.” As a journalist, they report on petrochemical polluters and drag space billionaires. Fall of 2022 will see publication of their YA scifi novel Seeds for the Swarm, and in 2023, their novel The Free People's Village will be published with Levine Querido.

Learn more about them:

https://www.simkern.com/

Learn more about the readathon:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiRFONzaklfnJXc5Wegm2P8SQ9n5cN5ChkxFz6-PRkZV8Low/viewform

Connect with Sim online:

https://linktr.ee/SimKern

Explore their most recent books:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/depart-depart-sim-kern/14672086?ean=9781777091705

https://bookshop.org/p/books/seeds-for-the-swarm/18956334?ean=9781777682309

Follow them on Goodreads:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20284605.Sim_Kern&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1678741785856722&usg=AOvVaw3gJCMub8H3N3D_tW4oKl9A

As mentioned in the show check out the Environmental Integrity Project:

https://environmentalintegrity.org/

For a transcript of this episode:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kGBB6KFSMGyTizt5Xme3PrAI5Gk8LKRsgj7FffqRm0Y/edit?usp=sharing