When I saw Tempest’s challenge to stop reading straight, white, cis male authors for a year, I knew that I couldn’t do it. I have professional and personal […]
business of writing / conventions / diversity
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Please Diversify Your Panel: The Writing/Literature Convention Edition
I remembered seeing the comment that GenCon had a panel on diversity in gaming with an all male panel back in 20111, but the idea kind of slipped […]
diversity / publishing / racism / sexism
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Diversity in our fiction should be a given, not something worthy of praise
If you’ve ever cared for a small child, you know this. Life starts out with everyone clapping when you take a poo and goes downhill from there. – […]
diversity / policy / racism / sexism
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You’re Always On Stage
You’ve probably heard of someone whose private remarks impacted their professional life. We could be talking about an (ex) NBA owner, a speculative fiction editor (or writer), or […]
diversity
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The Language of Diversity Isn’t Exactly Hard To Learn
I’ve attended several workshops about diversity lately – particularly about diversity in publishing and fandom. There’s only one thing I can still quote directly from any of them. […]
diversity / publishing
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Why I am Examining the Diversity of Authors Submitting to Calls For Submissions
I’m going to examine the diversity of authors in my slush pile. There’s a very specific reason for this: It means that I have no excuses. Because many […]