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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">https://twitter.com/nytimes/s...
Hi, @jggross! May I ask — did you interview any BIPOC Austen readers for your piece? If so, why didn& #39;t you quote them? Don& #39;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">https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-battl...
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/">https://firstimpressionspodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-60-d...
And, like, the whole premise of the @reclaimingjane podcast by @laurenwethers and @e_davishale! https://reclaimingjanepod.com/ ">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/">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...
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& #39;s depiction of communities and interpersonal relationships?
Oh, look! It& #39;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">https://soundcloud.com/bonnetsat...
And let& #39;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">https://twitter.com/amandarpr...
I for one would be HIGHLY DELIGHTED to see a Part 2 of today& #39;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.
https://twitter.com/interspectional/status/1365304012501880836">https://twitter.com/interspec...
https://twitter.com/LakshmiGandhi/status/1171758543806042112">https://twitter.com/LakshmiGa...
Friends, please feel free to add other links to your relevant work in this thread, if you& #39;d like.
