#marginalized authors

[joncronshawauthor]

It’s High Time to Get Cosy with Indie Fantasy Books

Picture this. You’ve got a hot cup of tea at your side, you’re snuggled in your favourite armchair, the rain is tapping politely on your window. What better time to crack open a good book? You reach for the latest fantasy epic from a big-name author, but then you remember…you’ve already read this tale a dozen times. Elves, dragons, magical swords – been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Don’t…

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#Andrea Stewart #C.N. Crawford #Daniel Roy Greenfeld #diverse narratives #Ellie Raine #fantasy recommendations #independent authors #indie author benefits #Indie fantasy books #indie fantasy novels #indie publishing #innovative storytelling #J.N. Chaney #Jonathan Brooks #Kel Kade #Lindsay Buroker #marginalized authors #Michael G. Manning #self-publishing #Terry Mancour

[dduane]

A detailed analysis of the problems PoC novelists and marginalized YA authors are facing right now. This issue needs attention paid to it.

The way readers can assist: read more diversely and push these books the way that publishers will understand: wallet-wise. Here's Jessica's list of great recent books of BIPOC authors.

#YA writing #BIPOC YA authors #marginalized YA authors

[acotarfrustrations]

Honestly we could REALLY get into the fact that a lot of the insanity in Acotar is an excellent exercise in why you can't really separate the art from the author.

Sjm's zionism is OBVIOUS in the text. The ic destabilize governments to the detriment of people they will never have to care for, steal artifacts from other countries, displace people, cause invasions, commit war crimes for 50 years "for the greater good" all while their own people are living under unchecked brutality and poverty.

They are rich megalomaniacs that care for no one but themselves and their own emotional and material satisfaction and they are PRAISED for it. In fact anyone who even remotely disagrees with the IC is almost always one of the villains in the story (Beron, Tamlin, etc) as if to condition the reader that asking questions that are critical of the IC puts you on the wrong side of the narrative morally.

All of that sounds REALLL familiar huh?

#and the funny thing is sjm brought this on herself #unlike most authors she creates a clear framework in the text of what the narrative considers morally right and morally wrong #and her characters are always in the side that is morally right in the books but is morally abhorrent in real life #you have NO CHOICE but to question the actual author atp #like if the ic were real they would be the gop #and i think its funny that a lot of the havoc they wreak is most centered on people that are poc or marginalized in the book #but im supposed to get behind it because its some white teenager having a girl boss colonial moment #i hate these novels #if sjm wanted to do this she should have straight up just made feyre and co villains #anti sjm #anti acotar #anti rhysand #anti feysand #anti ic #anti acomaf #anti sarah j maas #anti inner circle #anti acowar

[triassictriserratops]

If the books are Katniss’s memo, we could headcanon Peeta having a personal annotated version with small notes of his perspective and opinions. ���� faces at the Gale kisses. Flirty teasing each time Katniss is obliviously fawning over him. Sweet notes each time Katniss shows how much she needs him. I don’t even know what he would do with the beach scene

In response to what I think is this thread. (and this offshoot thread) ANON. MY DARLING ANON. MY SWEET BABY ANGEL ANON.

ANON YOU'VE GIVEN ME SUCH A WONDERFUL IDEA AND I LOVE YOU FOREVER. Hokay. So (Dis is Earth) WHAT IF WE ANNOTATE A DOC OF THE BOOKS AS IF WE'RE PEETA READING IT AND LEAVING LITTLE NOTES FOR KATNISS TO READ IN THE MARGINS?!?!?!?

Who would want to read this?????

WHO WOULD WANT TO WORK ON THIS WITH ME?????

Tagging @waywardangel-wilds and @sameschmidtdiffname right off the bat as tributes because HOLY SHIT this has the potential for GREAT hilarity.

#peeta mellark #katniss everdeen #everlark #katniss is the author #peeta is a mess #gale is crying in a corner somewhere in 2 #johanna also leaves notes in the margins #they're all fucking wild #haymitch just writes “you were an idiot” every 10 pages or so #thg #thg series #the hunger games #hunger games headcanon #thg headcanons #hunger games nonsense #thg nonsense

[librarycards]

how about instead of talking about “marginalized voices” in literature we instead spoke about authors systematically denied access to public discourse + authors whose ways of knowing, writing, and storytelling have been repeatedly subjected to epistemic violence. i think this would be helpful.

#writing #reading #mine #me @ all the normie readi bc lists and marginalized author ‘challenges’ lmao

[cryinginthefkncorner]

“Um actually, I don’t think you understand the actual meaning of (insert label here)

Maybe instead of assuming that the person your talking to is an idiot you should question if they actually have formed their opinions of the labels being debated through actual research and reading things from people on those sides of the “debate”

I’m anti-censorship, I’m not pro or anti ship. Because both sides are bad, both sides make threats to each other

Both sides are a huge distraction from real censorship issues.

If you fic gets taken down you can just go to another website or create your own

If lgbtq+ books are banned in schools it’s not as easy for people who may need that info to access it, now is it? Especially if their parents aren’t accepting.

Maybe instead of screeching about which blorbos are the right blorbos to like, or which fictional characters get to play squish and squeeze with each other as if it is going to change the fabric of history and time as it stands, you should be worried about the actual book bans that are destroying actual published authors careers.

Maybe instead of screaming on tumblr where nothing you say will make much of a difference, you should show up at a school board meeting and actually stand up for books that are being banned, which are overwhelmingly penned by lgbtq and/or POC authors.

But y’all won’t, because screaming on the internet into an echo chamber is a whole lot easier.

#anti censorship #proship #anti proship #do not “um acksually 🤓 your proship me in the comments #I’m not either pro or anti ship as stated in the post #because I care about actual marginalized authors being able to eat and afford rent #I don’t care about your fucking shipcorse #I don’t care about your blorbos #because your not going to have any blorbos if all the good authors and all the good media is censored #or banned #it’s really that simple

[jellycreamjammedart]

Just say you think cp is ok as long as the minors are fictional you fuckin pedophile

Normally I ignore hostile or pre-judgmental asks on the off chances I get them, but I'll make exception for this one because it seems like a good opportunity for some much needed nuance-- also because I get this person's disgust, I really do.

But you, my fella, must understand that this isn't about the morality or even lack thereof behind dark fictional content, at all. You must realize that wanting dark and taboo fictional content (yes including that one you mentioned) not being allowed to exist actually does nothing to improve or protect irl lives, much on the contrary actually. No, I don't think there's any possible moral reason behind fictional cp content (nor do I find it 'ok',) but once again, this isn't about morality.

Please take a moment to read this thread (it words this topic better than me) then think it over. Trust me, it's a better use of your time than annoying ppl online with words you can't even bother standing up for with your name/face.

#like yeah i get your kneejerk reaction n outrage #but you must not let your disgust alone call for morality esp with fictional content #believe me i dont like pedophiliac fiction and wouldnt want to engage or come across it personally #and i def dont think it should just be posted wherever without abandon without the proper trigger/content warnings filters tags #or outside the proper spaces #if the contrary happens the problem isnt the dark theme itself existing but an INDIVIDUAL problem of the author being forgetful at best #or an asshole at worst #but i understand this kind of content has to be safe to exist when properly handled even if i dont like it nor would look at it #bc if you allow censorship even the tiniest margin there it will never ever just stop or stay there #it will 100% of the time always try to spread and take more #you dont need to engage or like or even agree with dark content at all! #but you must understand that either even the darkest and most grotesque and disgusting type of fic is safe to exist #or NO forms of fiction are truly safe to exist at all #yes even the fictional content you'd deem pure and kid-friendly could be at risk then #anon #anonymous #jellycream answers #psa #idk what other tags should be here im drawing a blank srry

[symphonyofsilence]

Learning about the Yunmeng Shuangjie and the Nieyao drama through Wei Wuxian's and Nie Mingjue's points of view.

#'AITA for avoiding my brother like the plague after being back from the dead after learning he's been looking for me this whole time #And denying him an explanation about how & why I accidentally killed our BIL & started a massacre that resulted in our sister's death #And orphaned our nephew. And talking back to him and telling him off instead of even looking slightly apologetic #when he berates me for telling our nephew whom I accidentally orphaned he lacks maternal education? #And then without even saying so much as a hi to my brother when entering his home bringing a stranger #(that I've been spending all my time with instead of going home and giving an explanation to the brother that has suffered so much bc of me #Bc it was the easier thing to do) #To his ancestral shrine and then teaming up with my boyfriend to beat him up in his own ancestral shrine when he gets upset? #And then telling him that all I did for him (& kept from him) was bc I owed his family and then leaving him behind bleeding #metaphorically & literally (both bc of me) and not even asking him how he is before running to fuck in the bushes with my boyfriend? #*sigh* I thought Jiang Cheng would always be on my side and Lan Wangji opposite us.' #'AITA for making numerous attempts on the life of my marginalized sworn brother and ex-subordinate who has risked his life saving mine #& kicking him down the stairs & offending his mother & going to kill him again #after I told him why he won't just kill himself for the betterment of the world after he refused #To risk his life & safety doing something he had no authority to do after he tried to explain his situation to me?' #mdzs #cql #the untamed #mo dao zu shi #chen qing ling #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #nie mingjue #jin guangyao #wei wuxian #wei ying #jiang cheng #yunmeng shuangjie #jiang wanyin #yunmeng bros #twin heroes of yunmeng

[kithj]

the response from the book community to freydis moon being to just turn and start harassing other anonymous trans and actual bipoc authors is so frustrating (but also very telling), as if there's not a very obvious reason why these people would want to be anonymous. and then to just start harassing them and proving the need for that safety while still pretending to be oblivious is just so vile. i've been anonymous all these years entirely for my safety and i will most likely remain anonymous in all things that i write.

i feel for all of freydis's victims and especially for the trans and latine authors that thought they were their friend. and i feel for all of the other authors and readers that are now being harassed simply for existing in this space alongside them.

#i never thought i'd encounter a more performative community than tumblr IF #but the book community tops it EASILY #making stat graphs of how 'diversely' you read for the week while turning around and harassing marginalized authors in the same breath #like the call is coming from inside the house #and im on the periphery of this. i am very much a nonexistent author in the indie queer horror scene #and even EYE i am seeing ripples of this #i dont use my bookstagram as an author so i didnt feel like commenting over there but i did want to say something here

[souldagger]

Hey mar! For the book ask game, 32, 36, and 37! I think I can guess the first two (Martha Wells and Murderbot, and if so, same). Also, if you haven't read City of Bones by Wells yet, the revised paperback just came out and even though they made the main character less of a snarky bitch (affectionate) I still adore him.

hi kemi :3

32. Name your favorite author(s).

okay BESIDES martha wells then: ursula k. le guin, p. djeli clark, ted chiang

36. Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.

kakjdgnkj yeah murderbot. but also. jimothy holden my no#1 pathetic sopping wet blorbo from the expanse. and clarissa mao from the expanse as well + avrana kern from children of time… i love you fucked up women

37. The only example of your least favorite trope being written in such a way that you enjoyed it.

so. i really dont care for alien invasion (whether it's outright military invasion or "they are already here quietly taking us over from within"™️) stories. i think they're boring. i think they're a very unimaginative and anthropocentric approach to all the possibilities of alien life. and i think they tend to be a bizarre mix of pro-military stories that literally dehumanize the enemy, xenophobia/racism, straight up mccarthyism, some form of exceptionalism (whether it's american or human), "oo wouldn't it be scary if WE (white people) were colonised"… and when they do try to critique one or more of these i find they inevitably fall short somewhere else.

THAT ALL BEING SAIDDD Dawn by octavia butler.... oh my god. it's such a radical and deeply fascinating departure/subversion of both the "alien invasion" (so much so that you could probably argue whether or not it counts as one) and the "benevolent alien" i could write entire essays about it

#yeah i think maybe i just need to read more alien invasion stories by marginalized authors kjfngkj 💀 #also i have Not read city of bones yet so 👀 interesting thank youuu #ask games

[watermelinoe]

bisexuality being perceived as sexual deviance has material consequences for bi people. sometimes that looks like homophobia but it's not the same experience. it's also not an additional layer of hatred "for being other-sex attracted" but a distinct disdain for being wholly bisexual, for being "up for anything," kinky, unfaithful, spreaders of sexual disease, contaminated, immature, unstable. compartmentalizing it based on so-called functional gayness or straightness isn't fair to bi people and imo the implications aren't fair to gay people either

#rather than saying bi people experience homophobia + extra oppression it makes more sense to say that #biphobia has some overlap with homophobia and we have some shared experiences but it's not the same thing #bc there's obv hatred of same-sex attraction but exclusive same-sex attraction is uniquely marginalized #and in that situation bi people have privilege #bisexuality is marginalized for different reasons so it shouldn't be made to somehow cheapen homophobia #i think. we should respect that people are authorities on their own sexualities #and not try to assign malice to other women where it doesn't exist

[feeshies]

I think one of my least favorite jokes is when, in response to seeing a queer and/or neurodivergent person acting “cringe”, someone (usually white) will go:

“Maybe the republicans/alt right had a point”

Or

“Just call me a slur/hate crime me”

We get it, you’re “not like other gays”. Do you want a cookie?

#also (and this isn’t something I can speak on with any authority) #but I believe the ‘just call me a slur’ phrase came from Black communities #in response to more ‘subtle’ anti black dogwhistles #it wasn’t meant to be used to shame people within your own marginalized group because they embarrass you #not even touching the casual use of ‘hate crime’

[sherbertilluminated]

So among friends I've only heard Death in Venice discussed as an abstract exploration of attraction, beauty & decay but it's also definitely about the partitions of poland right?

Aschenbach is a biographer of Frederick II, he's queer & severe & stalking an innocent kid whose parents named him Tadeusz on the eve of the big behold-the-consequences-of-aristocratic-nationalistic-imperialism war? The idolization of perennially-dying chivalry & the doomed intellectual conquest of other places? The longing for a subject you never expected to lack until everything goes wrong like um

like

like health?

#I know Mann had some pretty nationalistic opinions at least before WWI but idk if he ever directed them thataways #I usually hear works either treated as symphonies on universal human themes or explorations of specific sociopolitical circumstances #depending on how respectively privileged/marginalized the author is #but this can do both #thomas mann #death in venice #der tod in venedig #sherb's sub sub library

[narsil]

my favorite part of all of this, of every takeaway from this beautiful series, is what we’ve all been saying this past week. yes there was hubris, and arrogance, and selfishness - but the lynchpin of it all, the seed that from all that grew: is love.

it was the love of their spouses, their children, their friends and family that pushed them to be greater, better. it was that love that led laerryn to destroy the tree, it was that love that led quay to lie, it was that love that led zerxus to his downfall.

but it was also that love that allowed patia and nydas to preserve the legacy and future of avalir. its that love that led zerxus to save countless others at the cost of dooming himself. it was that love that led laerynn and loquatious to finish what had to be done. and it was that love that let cerrit keep his promise.

just. its love that makes people. its love that dooms them. and its love that redeems them.

#critical role #cr spoilers #exu calamity #exu spoilers #long post #im just really overwhelmed #im gonna go cry myself to sleep its almost 5 am #something something love is the author of the notes in the margins of history

[theliterarywolf]

So people are trying to defend Cait Corrain (the idiot who managed to get published but then ruined it for herself with her GoodRead shenanigans) with 'B-but, if a publisher can axe someone because of racism, what precedent does that put for the rest of us~?'

And I just have to ask... Where the fuck were these people when debut authors were getting dropped by publishers, not because of racism, but because whiny piss babies online decided to REEE about 'this book is problematic, uguu~'?

#it would be one thing #if this was a case of a debut author accidentally saying a slur #and then a publisher going full scorched-earth without trying to salvage the situation #but this was an intentionally malicious event #targeted at marginalized authors #she did this to herself #don't fucking defend her #Example Number 397 as to why Western Publishing is a fucking joke

[bookwyrminspiration]

what kind of exam puts the big essay question in the middle??? what kind of hell world am I living in

#quil’s ​unholy underworld #found this in my drafts from earlier today #took a very shitty exam this was only one problem with it #it was 13 questions. 1 essay question #and it was question 5 out of 13??? #and we weren't allowed to go back once we'd answered a question #i already complained to my mom about it but maybe i'll do so here again #the questions weren't. weren't even about the content of what we've been reading the past 5 weeks?? #it was about a bunch of fucking tiny details #like 'which of these four authors was part of the english depart at this school?' #which like. yes we did mention that. but ONCE. and yes knowing author's backgrounds and accomplishments #especially from marginalized communities is also good #but thats??? not at all what we've been mainly focusing on??? #we've been focusing on and analyzing their WRITING #for 95% of class every single class #WHY are we not drawing from that on the exam #I don't fucking know that one singular detail mentioned once in the documentary we watched once and can't access on our own!! #i didn't know I needed to memorize the smallest shit!! #the teacher is nice and the class is enjoyable but my professional (i've been a student for years) opinion is that that's not a good #exam structure