#OWNVOICES

Adriana White, MLIS

Adriana_Edu

I took so many notes during this #AutisticAuthors panel! Way too many to tweet out, but here are some highlights!@Mike_Jung did a great job moderating what could be the first

Za-BOO Ellor 👻

ZREllor

Transphobic stuff in North American publishing that isn't immediately obvious to cis people, a thread: 1. Books that conflate menstruation/pregnancy with femininity, especially fantasy books where they're seen as 'women's

#DisruptTexts

DisruptTexts

There are some things we need to clarify about what it is to #DisruptTexts. This is NOT about simply replacing texts. It was never about that. It was never *only*

Femme Trash

Femme_Trash

Hey yall, I took the day off from the DayJob for mental health reasons. Would you be interested in a thread actually defining what I like to see in "diverse"

Gwen C. Katz

gwenckatz

I am reading a thread of people complaining about #ownvoices and it is the cringiest thing. The term "SJW" appeared. A male author is insisting that he is living proof

Alice

MarriedToBooks3

After all the book Twitter drama over the last 48 hrs, I’ve woken up very depressed. Some bloggers/reviewers including myself feel like no one is taking us seriously anymore. I

Rebecca F. Kenney📚📝🎶

RebeccaFKenney1

Thoughts on drawing inspiration from other cultures for fantasy nations, like Leigh Bardugo's books? Writers are told to avoid "just another European-style fantasy setting," as that's been done many times.

Jordan Ifueko ☀️RAYBEARER OUT NOW☀️

jifueko

*opens book from from library that have had on hold for months and have heard is a pretty good romance*"the sassy latina""her accent reared its ethnic head"*returns book* both quotes

Ada Hoffmann

xasymptote

These are just shower thoughts, not a subtweet - but I'm thinking about metaphorical representation.When authors want to write about our own experiences, we often do not do it literally

Skylar🏳️‍🌈🥨CXG Era (HE/THEY/SHE)

dykeachillean

Y’all don’t view disability rep as important or necessary compared to other types of rep and it really shows SOC has ownvoices disability rep & y’all love to erase that

sarah

sarahemasek

Anyone have a mild freak out when writing mental illness stuff in their stories, bc if you don't have people Textbook Perfect react to it or if you don't match

Jess Lifshitz

Jess5th

I am planning out some PD on creating inclusive classroom libraries. And this is what I know. I will no longer run PD by giving book talks on books that

Sara Grochowski

thehidingspot

I recently got in an argument with an old bookstore colleague about how I think booksellers, generally and always, should commit to stocking books from a variety of voices, particularly

Carol Hinz

CarolCHinz

THREAD: I want to shine a spotlight on all the teachers and librarians who have found ways to read books aloud to their students during this time of distance learning.

Abby

abbylikesbooks

Books I've read in 2020, a thread: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. 2/5 stars. Too many unanswered questions. Her writing improved but there's very little character development Mad About

madhuri PEOPLE’S VACCINE NOW

Chicks_Balances

My first PRINT piece in @BitchMedia was about #OwnVoices romance novels. I dove into a bunch to get a sense of its breadth, to gauge if Indian authors have control