LOL @ a self-identified "white, straight, able-bodied author" telling marginalized authors what an event made FOR US should be about. (e.g. she wanted to participate in DVPit & wrote a whole blog post justifying it after saying she was aware she shouldn& #39;t) BTW she DID participate

I keep thinking of the quote "When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality seems like oppression." (can& #39;t find where this quote originated)

Every year, white/cis/abled authors DM/email the DVPit board asking for permission to participate...

...It& #39;s hard bc as a group of qPOC we& #39;re made to feel like "bad guys" if we say & #39;no.& #39; That& #39;s why we say it& #39;s up to you if you think you qualify. We DON& #39;T mean that you should flagrantly disregard the spirit of DVPit which is to uplift *historically underrepresented voices* in pub