Happy Pride Day! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Volume 7 of your Bean-Sized Bulletin is here!
The Latest
• Our book sales are a way for the community to find great books at affordable prices while diversifying your bookshelf.
10% of proceeds will go to Tortas y Roscas to help support independent LGBTQI+ artists. Don't forget to check out our book selection on Instagram/Facebook. Winter reading, here we come!
• Did you know that reading can help you learn every part of a language? You'll learn grammar, vocabulary, and much more. Join our book club and find your next great read! Our next group starts July 17th. Send us a DM or email us at me@rosecoolbeans.com to sign up.
Word of Mouth
Justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/
Justice is the quality of being just or fair. Superheroes fight for justice because they want things to be fair. Just ask Wonder Girl, Superboy, or any other member of Young Justice.
Justice is usually associated with the law. A judge is also known as a justice, and the point of the law is to keep everything in a society fair according to society’s rules.
Outside of the law, justice is long-term equity. It looks to create equity in systems as well as individuals. "Justice can take equity one step further by fixing the systems in a way that leads to long-term, sustainable, equitable access for generations to come."
In the cartoon here you see it demonstrated with an apple tree (based on Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree and created by Tony Ruth).
Books & Beans
Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jette Knox
Love Lives Here is a book of hope; hope that one day the world will be a safer place for LGBTQI+ people and that one day, people will be able to be their genuine selves without fear of persecution.
"My family members are the ones creating change. I’m just the storyteller," Jetté Knox writes.
Cool Finds
• "Discord is a free to access chat app similar to Slack or Skype that allows users to chat in real-time using text, voice or video." (Webwise)
A lot of people know Discord as a gaming platform, but it has definitely evolved into a place where people create communities and build friendships. Did you know we have a Discord server? Come join us!
• "The Dragon Prince is the most diverse fantasy series on TV." (CBR)
"With two seasons under its belt, The Dragon Prince already established a reputation for itself as one of the most diverse and well-written animated fantasies ever. Season 3 continues to prove that the show is truly committed to the values of diversity and strives to break new ground all while developing its characters organically." (CBR)
Dice & Games
Trigger Warning: this game depicts scenes of psychological violence. Remember to take care of yourself.
"A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by you.
The game takes the shape of a narrative investigation. Through this phone, you uncover Sam’s life, friends, family, and relationships, until the evening when they turn 18 and mysteriously disappear." (Steam)
Curated with pride by Rose Cortijo, BEO (Bean Executive Officer).
Happy Pride Day to everyone who follows us here! Please know that this space welcomes and cherishes you.
It is my intention to create a safe space where learners can genuinely be themselves without fear of discrimination, exclusion, or harm.
Sending you a big virtual hug and wishing you the best on this day!
#HappyPrideDay 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️