Rachael Stephen's Blog, page 11
June 19, 2015
diversityinya:
10 New & Debut Asian American YA AuthorsIn...
10 New & Debut Asian American YA Authors
In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, here are 10 new and debut Asian American YA authors for you to check out. Support them today so they can publish more books tomorrow!
Sona Charaipotra — Tiny Pretty Things co-written with Dhonielle Clayton (HarperTeen, May 2015)
Get to know her: Goodreads Voice: Interview with Sona CharaipotraKelly Loy Gilbert — Conviction (Disney-Hyperion, May 2015)
Get to know her: DiversifYA: Kelly Loy GilbertI. W. Gregorio — None of the Above (Balzer + Bray, April 2015)
Get to know her: One Asian Book is Quite Enough (Diversity in YA)Fonda Lee — Zeroboxer (Flux, April 2015)
Get to know her: Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Fonda Lee, Author of Zeroboxer (amithaknight.com)Stacey Lee — Under a Painted Sky (Putnam, March 2015)
Get to know her: DiversifYA: Stacey LeeValynne Maetani — Ink and Ashes (Tu Books, June 2015)
Get to know her: Valynne E. Maetani’s websiteCaroline Tung Richmond — The Only Thing to Fear (Scholastic)
Get to know her: Me, My Daughter, and the Babysitter’s Club (Diversity in YA)Aisha Saeed — Written in the Stars (Nancy Paulsen Books, March 2015)
Get to know her: On Asian-Americans and why we are #NotYourAsianSidekick (aishasaeed.com)Sabaa Tahir — An Ember in the Ashes (Razorbill, April 2015)
Get to know her: DiversifYA: Sabaa TahirAmy Zhang — Falling into Place (Greenwillow, September 2014)
Get to know her: An Indies Introduce New Voices Q&A With Amy Zhang (Bookselling This Week)
jetgreguar:
creepyyoungthing:
kattastrophic-fae:
‘Grown man...
‘Grown man throws biggest tantrum world has ever seen’
Can this be the new
“I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals….”
because it’s just as pathetic
damn he’s got contacts in burger king watch out
June 18, 2015
ggariba:
I don’t know what to type that I haven’t typed before...
I don’t know what to type that I haven’t typed before . I just want everyone suffering from the constant CONSTANT waves of racism that I feel you and you deserve your place on this earth , and it’s exhausting and terrifying and demoralizing . All I can do is give you a hug - it’s nowhere near over but in whatever way you can be brave , don’t be silent and don’t be passive . Being born in my skin is the greatest gift , I literally refuse for anyone to let me feel otherwise. As a black man let me tell everyone from my community right now we’re all family, I love you you’re beautiful . Rest in peace to all the angels whose lives were cut short by cowards . #PrayforCharleston #blacklivesmatter #CharlestonShooting
June 16, 2015
June 15, 2015
dressthesavage:
looking up Catullus’ nasty poems about Julius Caesar
and i find a wiki article...
looking up Catullus’ nasty poems about Julius Caesar
and i find a wiki article about his poems arranged by ‘theme’
….it’s not quite what i expected??
i’m pissing myself here, his poems are just too real
CATULLUS, THE POET WE CAN ALL RELATE TO
June 13, 2015
June 10, 2015
Fury Road: when there are enough women
When there are enough women in your cast, not every woman has to represent all women and they can have individual flaws and strengths.
When there are enough women, some can fall apart and others can hold things together.
When there are enough women, you can literally name a character Cheedo The Fragile without making a statement about feminine fragility.
When there are enough women, you know the action movie doesn’t have to preserve the one woman in order to ensure you have one woman left in your cast at the end, so women might die, just like men, and the stakes are high and real and the plot is not predictable.
When there are enough women, you can cast women with different ages and looks and body types based on what makes sense for the story - beautiful women who were selected for beauty by a character who valued women’s bodies more than their whole selves, wiry muscular women of middle and older age, built to survive, mothers who were used for the things that come with their fertility and have the fat to show for it, old fragile women who took care of others while rarely stepping outside, disabled women affected by their environment and experiences.
When there are enough women, the world feels real.
