
#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.
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#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/AlexandraBarba/status/783318877652463616 https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/783318740867817472Because we're meant to leave the world better than we found it. #YA4Hillary
— Nicola updates (@NicolaYoon) October 4, 2016
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#YA4Hillary because pic.twitter.com/PN1XhKHClF
— Jessica Khoury 🇵🇸 UPDATES ONLY (@jkbibliophile) October 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/misterkristoff/status/783299614158024704I 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
#YA4Hillary Because when faced with a bully, she's not the least bit intimidated. pic.twitter.com/oZV6sntEoA
— Gwenda Bond 🖼️The Frame-Up🖼️ out now (@Gwenda) October 4, 2016