The TL:DR edition of this post is “Fellow white readers, we’re cheating ourselves.” The PS TL:DR edition of this post is that I wrote it last week, and it’s been rendered moot by Liz & Beks laying it out straight… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Diversity in Fiction
Links: Saturday, December 14th
These 2 Kids Have Taken A Photo With Santa For 34 Years. – The last few pictures make the post. Romance writers feel the heat from ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ – Is it me, or did this article have a… Read more »
Links: Thursday, December 12th
Artist Creates 12 Shoes For 12 Ex Lovers Where’s the Diversity? The NY Times Top 10 Bestsellers List – “Only three out of the 124 authors who appeared on the list during 2012 are people of color” And one of… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, December 10th
Fairies riding on corgis. The Jade Temptress & the Future of Jeannie Lin – This news kind of made me get my rant on. I’m frustrated with white readers, but I’m also irked that HQN is giving up so easily…. Read more »
Multicultural Romance Roundtable
Perhaps it’s a matter of confirmation bias, or just how my Twitter feed is constructed, but it seems to me like people are looking around Romancelandia and wondering where the multicultural stories are. Editors say they’re looking for it and… Read more »
Links: Saturday, December 7th
Accessibility Set – If this gets 10,000 votes, it could become a LEGO product. Pretty neat. (h/t to Willaful, I think.) On Smarm – Tom Scocca asks the question “What is snark a reaction to?” and argues that it’s a… Read more »
Links: Thursday, December 5th
Inappropriate Elf on the Shelf The nominees, if you please: Bad Sex Awards 2013 or When did literariness become synonymous with sterile? – Remittance Girl offers her take on the Bad Sex Awards and lists a number of links to… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, December 3rd
Romance SCHOLARLY LESSONS I’VE LEARNED FROM TRASHY ROMANCE NOVELS – This post is defensive romance reader BINGO. See how many cliches you can spot. As I plowed my way through countless stories of lovely young bluestockings falling in love with… Read more »
Links: Saturday, November 30th
The Masculine Mystique: Custom Suits to Make Transgender and Female Clients Feel Handsome – This NYT article floated across my Facebook feed and I had to share it. An NYC tailor makes suits that fit female bodies without accentuating the… Read more »
Links: Thursday, November 28th
Toco The Cat And His Human: Growing Up Together – An adorable photoset of a toddler and a cat that have been together since they were babies. Goldieblox and the Three MCs – GoldieBlox has since backed down and removed… Read more »
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