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“Will her fans listen?” It would have been lovely if this article had quoted JUST ONE PERSON OF COLOR who is into Jane Austen and/or doing racial justice advocacy in the fandom. I know DOZENS . . . https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1387046404351164430
Hi, @jggross! May I ask — did you interview any BIPOC Austen readers for your piece? If so, why didn't you quote them? Don't think they might have something interesting and relevant to say about this topic?
Props to @jasminchua for writing this Daily Beast article in more than a year ago. (Headline is somewhat misleading; the piece is about how modern-day BIPOC Janeites relate to Austen and her culture.) https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-battle-over-jane-austens-whiteness
Please also see this recent episode of the @FirstImpressPod with the inimitable Bianca Hernandez-Knight ( @bookhoarding)! https://firstimpressionspodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-60-diversity-and-inclusion-in-austen-fandom-with-bianca-hernandez/
And, like, the whole premise of the @reclaimingjane podcast by @laurenwethers and @e_davishale! https://reclaimingjanepod.com/
Or, for for a nuanced take on Austen-appreciation, may I suggest reading this piece by @triciamatthew? https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/on-teaching-but-not-loving-jane-austen/534012/
Or perhaps you could talk to @SoniahKamal, whose Pakistani P&P retelling #Unmarriageable grapples explicitly with the consequences of British imperialism, even as it finds a kind of "universality" in Austen's depiction of communities and interpersonal relationships?
Oh, look! It's a thoughtful, clever, and generous public conversation about present-day Austen fan culture by four women of color, @BonnetsAtDawn, @NikkiPayne14, @NanditaShenoyNY, and @bookhoarding. https://soundcloud.com/bonnetsatdawn/s45-e1-jane-austen-fandom-roundtable
And let's not forget @virtualjanecon, which is coming up this weekend: an explicitly anti-racist free online gathering, featuring numerous stellar presentations by BIPOC and non-BIPOC Janeites. https://twitter.com/amandarprescott/status/1387077642000781312
I for one would be HIGHLY DELIGHTED to see a Part 2 of today's @nytimes article by @jggross containing the perspectives of any or all of the folks tagged in this thread, and/or various others whom I could name, who are important voices in our community.
Friends, please feel free to add other links to your relevant work in this thread, if you'd like.
