It’s been a while, I know, but I’ve been reading tons of responses to the movie based on the romantic novel Me Before You and I wanted to post some of my favorites before the movie premieres on Friday. This… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Disability
Links: Saturday, April 4th
Today’s Links: Self-Portrait Of The Artist As Ungrateful Black Writer – Saeed Jones shares his experiences as the rare black writer in an overwhelmingly white literary establishment. Heartbreaking and enraging at the same time. By the time my colleague and… Read more »
Links: Wednesday, April 1st
Today’s Links: Autism on the Page: An Introduction – Disability in Kid Lit is hosting an autism event this month and it’s worth bookmarking their site, even if you don’t read MG/YA fiction. They’re really good about finding people who… Read more »
Links: Saturday, February 14th
Today’s Links: Perceptions of Diversity in Book Reviews, Part 1: "Scarcely Plausible" – Malinda Lo has put together a fabulous series looking at how reviewers talk about diverse themes in their reviews of YA lit. Not all reviews discuss diversity… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, February 10th
Today’s Links: Home Is a Complicated Place – YA author Renée Watson talks about growing up in Oregon as a black girl and watching gentrification change her community. For Maya Younger, the main character in This Side of Home, home… Read more »
Links: Thursday, January 29th
Today’s Links: Sex in Europe: Gender and Sexuality in European Popular Culture – Someone, maybe RRRJessica, tweeted a link to this academic journal that looks interesting. What is European popular culture? And how does it represent gender and sexuality? These… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, January 27th
Today’s Links: Ankara Press – A couple people tweeted a link to this new romance imprint of a Nigerian publishing house. From the excerpts it seems like the books have an almost chick lit sort of vibe. Anyone looking for… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, January 20th
Today’s Links: “Can’t we all just get along?” …No – Lately hockey Twitter has been inundated with blog posts calling for civility from women who call out people for saying sexist or bigoted things and I thought this reaction post… Read more »
Links: Thursday, January 8th
Today’s Links: Why You Aren’t an LGBTQ Ally – Author Sasha L. Miller gives the eye to bloggers and publishers who claim the mantle of LGBTQ when they really just mean m/m. I swear, it’s not a week anymore if… Read more »
Links: Thursday, December 18th
Today’s Links: Why Female Authors Get Angry at Erasure – I’ve refrained from linking to the Konrath brouhaha because the man’s ego doesn’t need more attention, but this reaction from Beth Revis is worth reading for how it gets to… Read more »
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