Introductory Post
Hello everyone, I’m Nita, and welcome to Queer Girl Cafe!
What is this, exactly? Glad you asked. Queer Girl Cafe is going to be a weekly column starting February 29, featuring stories, essays, and interviews by and about queer women. What I’m aiming for with this series is to create a space where queer girls can read and see themselves validated, a space where they can read stories from queer girls their age or older queer women who’ve been there, a place to discuss queer books or life in general.
If you’ve followed me before, you know I have a lot of feelings about queer girls in YA, how we treat queer girls, and the values we place (or don’t place) on their stories. And it bothers me that so often, queer girl’s stories are seen as unimportant, or not marketable; that they make up a small percentage of YA stories because who wants to read about two girls in love? I’m frustrated, as well, with the lack of queer women in the writing world, the ways gatekeeping and other factors can contribute to that. I’m frustrated with the lack of older role models for queer girls, particularly queer girl writers.
So, that’s where this project comes in.
The first post goes live on February 29, and will continue each Monday after that. Please visit the FAQ if you have any questions, or @ me on Twitter @NitaTyndall.
