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"What Feminism Means to Me" (Or "Knowing What Words Mean"

"What Feminism Means to Me" (Or "Knowing What Words Mean":

chelseapitcher:

So, in light of a certain someone mistaking feminists for inequality-pushing man haters who step on dudes’ heads to get ahead, I’d like to share what feminism means to me:

1. Feminism means creating a world where girls aren’t bullied to the point of suicide (or raped or beaten or set on fire) for…

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chelseapitcher:

I want to respond to the people who say we aren’t really fighting for diversity if we aren’t specifically calling for more “boy books” in YA.

We live in a world where millions of girls are illiterate or forbidden from attending school. Today. Right now. (We also live in a world where hundreds…

Diversify Your Shelves

Diversify Your Shelves:

weneeddiversebooks:

By Chelsea Pitcher

Today we reveal part three of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign! Part three is called “Diversify Your Shelves,” and it’s all about taking a personal approach to promoting diversity in literature.

What, exactly, does that mean? Is this maybe something we’ll do for a…

Handsell-Off! Here's what's going down

Handsell-Off! Here's what's going down:

hollyblack:

shannonhale:

Author Kate Messner threw down a challenge this weekend. “At the end of the day, publishing is a business that needs to make money to survive. Given that reality, the best way for readers to ask for more diversity in children’s literature is not with words…

WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS CAMPAIGN

WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS CAMPAIGN:

weneeddiversebooks:

Recently, there’s been a groundswell of discontent over the lack of diversity in children’s literature. The issue is being picked up by news outlets like these two pieces in the NYT, CNN, EW, and many more. But while we individually care about…

Lesson Learned?

cbcdiversity:

Sometimes what I learn about myself in my work as a children’s book editor is downright embarrassing and cringe-worthy: that despite my best intentions, my predominantly white upbringing, educational background, and chosen profession have not adequately prepared me to be as racially and culturally sensitive as I would like.

I don’t want to admit that about myself. And I really don’t want to admit it publicly on a diversity-themed website in front of the children’s literature commu...

Should white people write about people of color?

Should white people write about people of color?:

When white writers come to me and ask if it’s OK for them to write about people of color, it seems as if they’re asking for my blessing. I can’t give them my blessing because I don’t speak for other people of color. I only speak for myself, and I have personal stakes in specific kinds of narratives.

Defining Disability

Defining Disability:

diversityinya:

By Corinne Duyvis

I am autistic.

I remember vividly a time in art school when I mentioned this to a classmate. His immediate reaction: “Ha! I’ve seen autistic people. You’re seriously not autistic.”

It didn’t matter to him that I’d had to drop out of high school the year before, at…

Trying to get through the week

whatshouldwecallme:

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shannonhale:

It is easier to write Neutral characters (white, straight, able-bodied, non-religious, mostly male). Less controversial, strangely. If the major characters of all your books resemble the cast of Friends, you’ll get occasional questions as to why but no major protestations. Because we’re all…