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A roundup of #YA4Hillary tweets because as Whitney Houston sang "The children are our future."

Jamie Canaves

Contributing Editor

Jamie Canavés is the Tailored Book Recommendations coordinator and Unusual Suspects mystery newsletter writer–in case you’re wondering what you do with a Liberal Arts degree. She’s never met a beach she didn’t like, always says yes to dessert, loves ‘80s nostalgia, all forms of entertainment, and can hold a conversation using only gifs. You can definitely talk books with her on Litsy and Goodreads. Depending on social media’s stability maybe also Twitter and Bluesky.

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This election is exhausting.

It’s easier to want to ignore, turn away, stay quiet and not have to engage because it’s so very overwhelming. But so much is at stake. We vote for a reason. We teach history for a reason. Cuba. Venezuela. Germany. Things can change while so many stand believing that it can never happen here. If you are exhausted by the current election imagine how marginalized voices feel. How exhausting it must be to constantly have to fight for the right to be treated equally in a country that claims to stand for that very thing. Imagine how exhausting it is to live terrified that we might elect someone who every day shouts things that clearly put so many people’s rights in danger.

When the hatred is screaming so loud staying quiet isn’t an option.

Many YA authors, and others in publishing, have joined together on Twitter to shout why they’re voting for Hillary Clinton using #YA4Hillary because as Whitney Houston sang The children are our future and as Sabaa Tahir puts it, we have to fight for their future.

https://twitter.com/sabaatahir/status/783329910928531456

https://twitter.com/EmmyLaybourne/status/783338838139764741

https://twitter.com/Marie_Lu/status/783314993693327360

https://twitter.com/rainbowrowell/status/783422200770506756

 

https://twitter.com/thejuby/status/783336320525492225

https://twitter.com/MorganBaden/status/783308153010130944

https://twitter.com/sam_aye_ahm/status/783306122472095744

https://twitter.com/emerylord/status/783319279248797697

https://twitter.com/AlexandraBarba/status/783318877652463616

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/783318740867817472

https://twitter.com/kathglasgow/status/782952218299293697

https://twitter.com/IWGregorio/status/783274396001693696

https://twitter.com/juniperjenny/status/783289173079916544

https://twitter.com/ca_london/status/783295214123413504

https://twitter.com/andimJULIE/status/783370513452195840

https://twitter.com/ElloEllenOh/status/783312571604566016

https://twitter.com/jeffzentner/status/783291899939610624

https://twitter.com/ashleyhblake/status/783297626066202624

https://twitter.com/DianaUrban/status/783314642663796736

https://twitter.com/heatherwpetty/status/783313352118276097

https://twitter.com/misterkristoff/status/783299614158024704