#YA4Hillary

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.

#YA4Hillary because this is YOUR future and we have to fight for it. pic.twitter.com/esXpxX7igE

— Sabaa Tahir (@sabaatahir) October 4, 2016

Because Trump is so BROAD a bully that if we tried to write him as a character, our editors would tell us to tone it down! #YA4Hillary pic.twitter.com/PVhO9IeutL

— Emmy Laybourne (@EmmyLaybourne) October 4, 2016

#YA4Hillary because she is the knight keeping the monsters at bay, because she goes into battle armed with her top-notch brain.

— Marie Lu (@Marie_Lu) October 4, 2016

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

 

#YA4Hillary because I've read all the Harry Potter books- you want the smartest girl in the room on your team pic.twitter.com/SSkHNGX1xD

— morgan matson (@morgan_m) October 4, 2016

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

I love The Hunger Games but I can't vote for a dystopian future. So I'm #YA4Hillary! pic.twitter.com/DYVvokK7dU

— Morgan Baden (@MorganBaden) October 4, 2016

#YA4Hillary Because my Muslim-Jewish, American-French-Indian family believes in a democratic ideal: E pluribus unum. From many, we are one.

— Samira Ahmed (is on deadline & shouldn't be here) (@sam_aye_ahm) October 4, 2016

#YA4Hillary bc do you have ANY idea how much dystopian we've read/written in the past 10 years?? we know how the alternative turns out. pic.twitter.com/ugL8Sj1IQq

— emery lord (@emerylord) October 4, 2016

Because we're meant to leave the world better than we found it. #YA4Hillary

— Nicola Yoon Updates (@NicolaYoon) October 4, 2016

#ImWithHer because climate change is real, love is love, women are people, words matter, and the world is watching. #YA4Hillary

— Alex Barba (@AlexandraBarba) October 4, 2016

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

#YA4Hillary because pic.twitter.com/PN1XhKHClF

— Jessica Khoury (@jkbibliophile) October 4, 2016

I am one hundred million percent behind making this little girl's dream come true. Are you? #YA4Hillary https://t.co/w6Ihayf6mu pic.twitter.com/5406tLDcJq

— Kathleen Glasgow (@kathglasgow) October 3, 2016

#YA4Hillary b/c I want my daughter to grow up in a world where that glass ceiling is thoroughly shattered https://t.co/iCaNtil0XF

— Ilene W. (@IWGregorio) October 4, 2016

#YA4Hillary because empathy is a prerequisite for being an author AND for being President. #ImWithHer

— Jenn Marie Thorne (@juniperjenny) October 4, 2016

Lastly, bc I write dystopia, I don't want to live in one and I write fantasy worlds; I don't want a President who lives in one #YA4Hillary

— 🏳️‍🌈 Alex London 🏳️‍🌈 (@ca_london) October 4, 2016

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

This is why #ImWithHer #YA4Hillary https://t.co/oUCSJmCfyN

— Ellen "This is the Revolution" Oh (@ElloEllenOh) October 4, 2016

Because the moment she takes office she will have shown young women that they can too. #YA4Hillary

— Jeff Zentner (@jeffzentner) October 4, 2016

I'm for Hillary because our president should inspire action & hope, not fear & oppression. #YA4Hillary https://t.co/UKAgbzul8c

— Ashley Herring Blake (@ashleyhblake) October 4, 2016

#YA4Hillary because there's no effing way we're going to let this happen. #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/LSknPSrnY4

— Diana Urban (@DianaUrban) October 4, 2016

#YA4Hillary Because none of us deserve to grow up with a body-shaming, slut-shaming misogynist at America's largest podium.

— Heather Petty 🖤 (@heatherwpetty) October 4, 2016

I am voting @HillaryClinton this Nov. Because I believe in her & #ImWithHer #YA4Hillary https://t.co/D4bwHgByIo pic.twitter.com/uWKOErSZL9

— danielle paige (@daniellempaige) October 4, 2016

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

#YA4Hillary Because when faced with a bully, she's not the least bit intimidated. pic.twitter.com/oZV6sntEoA

— Gwenda Bond 😈 (@Gwenda) October 4, 2016