

the latest from @stephpilavin and @starry.steph

we had a fabulous time at the Long Bright River premiere & after party (tysm peacock for the invitation)!
Liz Moore, Nikki Toscano, Amanda Seyfried, and the whole team put SO much into this harrowing series.
we’re ready to binge the rest on March 13 🫡 #LongBrightRiver

the Great Florida Road Trip of 2025 featuring scopalomine, dramamine, diphenhydramine, peppermint oil, goggles, ginger, alcohol wipes, and @kyle.matthew.watkins. don’t worry, i survived

the national book awards are my super bowl 🫡 .
deeply grateful to meta & the national book foundation for inviting me into this space with so many of my literary heroes. we’re at our best when we’re disruptors.
#nationalbookawards #nationalbookfoundation











it’s a journey from the first kiss to the breakup following threads of ambition, love, selfishness, and loss through a young couple living in NYC.
we were very grateful to have been #invited!
🎭 show mentioned: the last five years @thelastfiveyears
#newyorkcity #musicaltheatre #nyctheatre #broadway #thelastfiveyears #jasonrobertbrown #nickjonas #adriennewarren #nycinfluencer #theatrelife #theatrereview #starrysteph #bookstagram @relayinfluence

a reading road to rings update that somehow perfectly aligned with the @transrightsreadathon!! and now @kylewatkinsphotography is getting close to the end!
📚 books mentioned:
- The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
#readingroadtorings #bookproposal #bookengagement #thespiritbaresitsteeth #andrewjosephwhite #horrorbooks #transrightsreadathon #trr25 #peachtreeteen #horrorbookrecs #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #starrysteph @peachtreeteen

give me all your Trans Rights Readathon 2025 updates!! 🏳️⚧️ the leadership team has so many resources and also action items this year, so please do check out the official website as well. @transrightsreadathon
📚 books mentioned:
- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi
#transrightsreadathon #trr25 #fantasybooks #scifibooks #transbooks #readbannedbooks #GetUnderlinedPartner #bookrecommendations #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @getunderlined

mark is hot, helly’s hot, irving’s hot, and all that jazz.
(STRONGLY recommend checking out bell works on a wednesday to enjoy the farmers market, but there are events almost every day!)
📍Bell Works
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
📸🐦: Ginkgo Lens Photography @ginkgolens
AND LET’S GO SEVERANCE SEASON 2 FINALE TONIGHT EEP!! @kylewatkinsphotography and I will be tuning in as soon as we get access at 9 tonight.
#severance #appletv #appletvplus #severanceappletv #severancetheories #bellhooks #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #njinfluencer #bookstagram @severancetvseries

what are you reading for the 2025 trans rights readathon?? drop your (mood reader or not) TBRs below! @transrightsreadathon
📚 books mentioned:
- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi
- Model Home by Rivers Solomon
- Metal From Heaven by August Clarke
- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea
#transrightsreadathon #trr25 #fantasybooks #scifibooks #transbooks #readbannedbooks #GetUnderlinedPartner#bookrecommendations #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #queerbooks @getunderlined @mcdbooks @erewhonbooks @hotkeybooks @fiercereads

this one is for all my musical theatre lovers & performers. it’s a special show and i’m very grateful to have been invited!
🎭 show mentioned: The Jonathan Larson Project @thejonathanlarsonproject @jenashtep
📍Orpheum Theatre, currently running through June
#thejonathanlarsonproject #jonathanlarson #rent #ticktickboom #newyorkcity #musicaltheatre #nyctheatre #offbroadway #nycinfluencer #theatrelife #theatrereview #starrysteph #bookstagram

reading is political! welcome to a community of intentional, disruptive, joyous, passionate book lovers. ✨
#bookstagram #diversebooks #diversifyyourbookshelf #diversifyyourreading #readbannedbooks

help me give these books some love!
📚 books mentioned:
- May A Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley
- This Land is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story by Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo, and Francesco Segala
- Solis by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
#underhypedbooks #fantasybooks #dystopianbooks #scifibooks #indiebooks #SimonTeenInfluencer #bookrecommendations #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @dcofficial @simonteen

look, i know we still have a week, but i’ve got to make my threats now!! i have silly adult responsibilities and might not be able to read it immediately!! 😭
📚 books mentioned:
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
#bookspoilers #thehungergames #sunriseonthereaping #hungergames #scholasticbooks #dystopianbooks #scifibooks #bookrecommendations #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @scholastic @hungergamesbooks

in which Kyle has reached the HALFWAY POINT of this challenge?? reading road to rings update number 4 eeeep!!
📚 books mentioned:
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon @sagapressbooks
@kylewatkinsphotography #readingroadtorings #bookproposal #bookengagement #thedeep #sagapressbooks #fantasybooks #novellarecs #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #starrysteph #transrightsreadathon #transbooks #queerbooks #riverssolomon









