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"Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them..."

“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren’t.”

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Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Book Geek Quote # 566

P.S did you know neil-gaiman is on tumblr?!

(via bookgeekconfessions)

"Yes, well,” Elend said, “I kind of lost track of time….”“For two hours?”Elend nodded sheepishly...."

““Yes, well,” Elend said, “I kind of lost track of time….”

“For two hours?”

Elend nodded sheepishly. “There were books involved.””

- Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn (via amaladroid)

corporal-leviii:Corporal-leviii’s writing tips woooFor the...

corporal-leviii:

Corporal-leviii’s writing tips wooo

For the sweet anon who asked me for some tips about writing! I’ve gotten several asks like this so I’m just gonna pop in and post this before putting my nose back to the grindstone for finals. See you all later, and I hope this helps!!

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Today’s best editorial cartoons

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jessicarlos:

i think i visit my blog more than anyone else does

"Try to love yourself as much as you want someone else to."

“Try to love yourself as much as you want someone else to.”

- My English Teacher   (via melwent)

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amydyersgreatblueyonder:

medievalpoc:

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leeandlow submitted to medievalpoc:

The Diversity Gap in the highest grossing science fiction and fantasy films. Sad, right? You can see the full study here.

I highly recommend reading the entire article.

from the infographic:

Among the top 100 domestic grossing films:

only 8% of films star a protagonist of color
of the 8 protagonists of color, all are men; 6 are played by Will Smith and 1 is a cartoon character (Aladdin)
0% of protagonists are women of color
0% of protagonists are LGBTQ
1% of protagonists are people with a disability

I never understood why the genre I love so much doesn’t love me back :(

I admit this broke my heart because…me, too.

I have to say that one of the most unexpected and amazing things about Medievalpoc is that I’ve discovered I’m not alone in feeling that way; that there is a whole community out here trying to change that.

In The Flesh is not a movie but a TV show but it checks most of these boxes:
- Female protagonist: check
- Protagonist of colour: not yet, fingers crossed
- LGBTQ protagonist: check
- VIllain of colour: check and it’s a woman
- Protagonist with a disability: check

We’ve been discussing this since we put out the infographic (Tu Books is an imprint of Lee & Low Books). We all feel that TV—at least certain stations—is doing a better job at diversity, especially at quality of representation, than the movies. It’s hard not to be, given how bad the numbers are in movies! I’d love to see (or maybe in the future, do) a study on TV representation, but it’d be massive, given the number of networks. Great graduate project for the right person, though.

I’d also love to see a study of diversity in YA SFF. I’ve attempted it before, but the challenge is getting a definitive list of YA SFF to work off in the first place. The children’s book (books for ages 0-18) numbers are dismal, and have been since the CCBC has been tracking them, but I have a feeling that—at least until the last couple years, but possibly even now—the SFF numbers are likely even worse than general children’s.

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teachingliteracy:

incidentalcomics:

The Writers’ Retreat

For the July 20 NY Times Book Review. Thanks to AD Nicholas Blechman and editor Pamela Paul!

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Requested by fireflyrue.

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Source: whaleitsjess