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I wish I was black so I could get a free pass all the time and pull the race card.

I’ll tell you what. On behalf of all black Americans, I’m willing to make a trade. If we get to be paid 30% more on average, be in charge of almost all Fortune 500 companies, have the next forty-three Presidents in a row be black, have 90% of auditions in Hollywood be exclusive to black actors, receive 14% more of the total scholarship funding than our portion of the population, do and deal drugs at higher rates but be arrested less, not be killed every twenty-eight hours by the police, have...

catagator:Here’s a round-up of some of the posts I’ve read over...

catagator:

Here’s a round-up of some of the posts I’ve read over the last couple of weeks that fit into the question of “what about the girls?” Some have been sent to me and others came up in my own daily reading. I’ve also included a post I cowrote with Preeti Chhibber at Book Riot at the end, which gives practical things you can do to promote female writers you love, be they published authors or budding creators.

Why I’ve Written A Funny, Feminist Novel 6 Female Illustrators Weigh in on Sexis...

Friends

I say stuff like this pretty often, but that’s because it bears repeating, so here it is again: I have not always been successful in being a social creature. I’ve spent long periods of time (notably during my adolescence and young adulthood) in which it seemed like I didn’t have a single friend in the world; feelings of isolation and loneliness have brought me to my knees many, many times. So the fact that the children’s literature community swung its doors wide open w...

queerfabulousmermaid:Emma Thompson probably has an easy answer...

queerfabulousmermaid:

Emma Thompson probably has an easy answer to all your existential questions.

An e-mail from Clean Reader

An e-mail from Clean Reader:

joannechocolat:

After my blog post the other day, I got this e-mail from the official Clean Reader site. Rather than give out e-mail addresses and identities, I’m copying and posting it here, along with my reply.

Dear Joanne,

I wanted to reach out to you given your recent comments regarding Clean Reader. I want…

"We have a major, flagrant, unsubtle problem in our culture and its media, where the representation..."

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We have a major, flagrant, unsubtle problem in our culture and its media, where the representation of women is concerned. We’re assured time and time again that all the goddamn male action heroes, male writers, male directors, male casts, male-focused story elements, etc. are the result of some purely emotionless, rational decision-making in the impeccably clean Laboratories of Capitalism, but the plain fact is that dollars from women are simply worth less to most of the entertainment indust...

summerscourtney:So if you’re around me for any length of time,...

summerscourtney:

So if you’re around me for any length of time, sooner or later you will hear me rave about the works of novaren but when writing that special comes along, you want the world to know. Today is the official release date for Nova’s newest book, in a line of great books, The Walls Around Us, released by algonquinyoungreaders. Complete your life by getting yourself a copy. It’s amazing.

Happy release day, Nova!!!

diversityinya:This week’s diverse new release is:Written in...

diversityinya:

This week’s diverse new release is:

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed (Nancy Paulsen Books)

Book Description: Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up—but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating—even friendship with a boy—is forbidden. When Naila breaks their rule by fa...

5 Things I Learned While Writing “Written in the Stars”

5 Things I Learned While Writing“Written in the Stars”:

diversityinya:

By Aisha Saeed

1. You will get criticism. It’s part of putting your work out there in the world.

When I first began writing my novel, a family member asked me what my book was about. When I told her the novel was about a Pakistani American girl who is forced into a marriage against her…

My White Privilege.

My White Privilege.:

"My acceptance of my advantage puts me at an even greater advantage. Hear that. The mere fact that I strive to unpack the layers and change your point of view makes me more favored than if I never talked about it with you. Because now I’m a white woman who is seen as ‘liberated’, ‘aware, ‘educated’, ‘diverse’. I’m viewed as compassionate and empathic and progressive. I’m seen by my white peers and peeps as some sort of altruistic good woman for reaching so deep. And that...