If you, like me, think my book ‘Sorted’ could use an update, I have a recommendation for you.

Links:

My first book, Sorted: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sorted/Jackson-Bird/9781982130770

Blog post about everything I've said about Harry Potter and the Author Who Torched Her Legacy: https://www.jacksonbird.cool/single-post/almost-everything-i-ve-said-publicly-about-harry-potter-and-the-author-who-torched-her-legacy

The episode of How do you like it so far? that I was on: https://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/1325-2/

Timestamps for How do you like it so far?:

0:00 - Origin story

10:45 - TERF Talk

38:00 - HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series

46:20 - What I’ve been up to in recent years, and what I think about making art for different mediums as well as on topics beyond HP / trans stuff

Recommendations:

Material Girls podcast: https://www.ohwitchplease.ca/material-girls

Rachel Maddow on Seth Meyers: https://youtu.be/oNnyTqae-zM?si=pGzv-k6sjT0Hcg66&t=30

Cher's new Christmas album: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Eeeg4yMb5qtMEm0lk6lDM?si=nnIE1aMHTCmztlHP97rpVw

Earth, Wind, and Fire's 2014 Christmas album: https://open.spotify.com/album/2clJOOkMz707eU2OnHgS0z?si=9z3KliFmSoW9RM5KLFE55A

Chris Daily's latest Christmas album: https://chrisdaily.bandcamp.com/album/seasonal-sounds

Paul DeGeorge's Christmas mixes: http://pauldegeorge.com/index.php/xmas-mixes/

Resource document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZWq5PwfCMRd54Ovs61Jtr8Mxfhqp1tvaiu5sy1b_LsM/edit?usp=sharing

What I've Been Up To:

See me in The Infinite Wrench: https://www.nyneofuturists.org/tiw

Donate to our 20th anniversary fundraiser: https://pages.donately.com/newyorkneofuturists/fundraiser/jack-s-ny-neo-futurist-20th-anniversary-fundraising-page

Latest episode of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text that I guest hosted: https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/episodes/this-week-vanessa-and-jackson-bird-explore-the-theme-of-possibility-in-chapter-eighteen-of-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-they-discuss-the-room-of-requirement-dobbys-newly-free-life-and-umbridges-stifling-oversight-throughout-the-episode-we-consider-the-question-how-do-we-discern-what-kinds-of-change-are-possible-in-our-current-stage-of-life--next-week-were-looking-at-the-entire-series-through-the-theme-of-intellectual-humility

My latest YouTube video: https://youtu.be/H433bjjxR0A

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