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Jun 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
this is why RWA fell apart so spectacularly. we came for a professional book assoc. that was BUSTING with casual bigots who thought it was cool as long everyone was smiling and buying their books. btw i quit my local chapter because they went after an 18 muslim girl on goodreads.
the RWA mess of 2020 like step 12 in their racial and homophobic unraveling that honestly started the moment Vivian Stephens tried to clarify her original intent for the org.
Dec 26, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Time for #Encanto !
It only makes sense for Maribel to become an author. 😩 #Encanto
Sep 10, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
For those who want more context for how wrong Gaby Dunn is. There were a couple adult romance imprints who were putting out romance about Gay men written mostly by cis women. A lot these stories were fetishizing and racist. One publisher also just stopped paying their authors.
There was a concern that Gay men were being shut out of adult romance publishing. YA publish seems to be heading in a great direction with #ownvoices rep re race, gender and sexuality. Adult romance is still lagging in queer rep. Again this is about harmful rep. Not who is out.
Sep 6, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
#LovecraftCountry first thing in the morning seems like a good idea.
This episode is so much fun and still terrifying. #LovecraftCountry
This features a lady lawyer so I feel like 98% of romancelandia should be on top of this. #LoveGuaranteed
Aug 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Just gonna throw this out there because I am not white. It’s called being socially responsible. Do I need to write a 5 page monologue on BLM in my erotic rom com? No. Do I need to make sure there is a moral compass in my books to show readers that I give a fuck? Yeah.
All manner of things can happen in any kind of story, BUT if you do introduce bigotry it is your job as a writer to say, inside the narrative, this is wrong and my main characters know this is wrong. Falling for a slave owner kinda misses that point by miles.
Oct 18, 2019 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Okay imma tweet about my experience maintaining friendships as an adult.
TW : for emotional abuse and gaslighting
So I’ll preface this by saying a few things. I’m chunky, queer and Black. These things frame how I move through the world so what applies to me in some instances might now apply to you, but I’ll try to be more general.
Apr 4, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
This guardian piece is very well done. Recommended reading today.
2 things stuck out to me here and they are connected to the centering of whiteness. 1/ theguardian.com/books/2019/apr…
First is this idea that the solution to all of this is courting white readers. This extends beyond this piece to centering cis het able bodied readers. The marketing strategy focuses so strongly on pockets of bigoted white people it literally ignores the rest of the planet. 2/
Sep 27, 2017 • 20 tweets • 2 min read
I've been mulling over my thoughts on Romance think pieces and so called criticism. And I think gonna tweet about what bugs me the most.
1. my thoughts apply to criticism from men and women alike, because women shit on romance too. a lot.
