Yamile Saied Méndez

@YamileSMendez

Pronounced sha-MEE-lay. I ❤️ books and fútbol. Cybils Awards Round 2 Judge, MG fiction. Project Mayhem contributor. VCFA MFA, Repped by

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Joined May 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 26

    To those complaining: My mere existence (the daughter of working class teenage parents, now a MFA and writer) is a political statement!

    2 replies . 11 likes
  2. 3h

    no surprise here.

    Over 2/3rds of immigration detention centers are privately-run - and Trump's tough talk has them seeing dollar signs
    6 replies . 483 retweets 636 likes
  3. Jan 29

    'I’m scared' said Piglet 'A story will help' said Pooh 'How?' 'Oh. Don't you know? Stories make your heart grow.'

    15 replies . 1,128 retweets 1,413 likes
  4. 15h

    Really disappointed the publisher didn't indicate on the cover that it's ghost-written by Steve Bannon.

    3 replies . 224 retweets 706 likes
  5. 11h

    Hated the hero, but enjoyed the plucky heroine, a lawyer named Sally. Sally belongs with the handsome, roguish park ranger.

    2 replies . 92 retweets 280 likes
  6. Jan 29

    Here's one of the people who have been detained under Trump's order to fight against terrorism. He's 5.

    216 replies . 16,254 retweets 24,906 likes
  7. 12h

    45 books in the series and THIS is the best they can do? I'm rereading #44--that author actually knew how to write well.

    1 reply . 34 retweets 144 likes
  8. 18h

    "I hated every character. Literally every one. Might have finished if the pink-hats had speaking roles."

    3 replies . 112 retweets 372 likes
  9. 17h

    "I really wanted to like this. People kept telling me to wait and see. I'm on page ten, and you guys? it's WORSE than the blurb."

    6 replies . 249 retweets 637 likes
  10. 23h

    me: i don't really like starbucks starbucks: promises 10k jobs for refugees me:

    34 replies . 9,242 retweets 14,706 likes
  11. 13h

    This. This is a picture.

    416 replies . 85,675 retweets 161,141 likes
  12. 14h

    Trying to write in 2017.

    104 replies . 6,095 retweets 11,565 likes
  13. 16h

    Tomorrow is the last day to enroll in Obamacare. It's still the law, and if you need coverage, you can still sign up

    14 replies . 3,473 retweets 2,406 likes
  14. 13h

    Trump: Ban Muslims DHS: illegal State Dept: not legal Fed judges: yeah not legal Acting AG: dude, illegal Pundits: Gotta see both sides

    18 replies . 999 retweets 1,447 likes
  15. 13h

    You should not be surprised at pace of admin's destruction. You should be thinking many steps ahead, which means thinking fast, acting now.

    173 replies . 4,566 retweets 7,169 likes
  16. 13h

    Shout out to whoever updated the Sally Yates Wikipedia page. Monday Night Massacre

    167 replies . 4,290 retweets 8,519 likes
  17. 20h

    Agree. And even separately, these points stand: 1) must be stopped 2) Sessions must not be confirmed Two combined = disaster

    We're telling Congress to delay Sessions confirmation vote until is stopped
    34 replies . 1,038 retweets 1,719 likes
  18. 13h

    Anyone still want to say that she's unnecessarily freaking people out? She tweeted this on January 13th.

    Once he's sworn in he will purge those who seem to oppose him. This is not hypothetical, he has announced it. Violating laws and norms.
    40 replies . 1,371 retweets 1,792 likes
  19. 13h

    children, migrant children, internally displaced children — they’re all : via

    56 replies . 520 retweets 2,387 likes
  20. 14h

    Let's add this Trump presidency to the list of Trump-branded business failures.

    5 replies . 76 retweets 399 likes
  21. 15h

    Really stunning to watch the Quebec mosque attack fall from headlines on Breitbart and Fox as it's revealed shooter was a white nationalist.

    60 replies . 1,472 retweets 1,959 likes

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