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djgraydeducecanoe:
prosthetical:
fixyourwritinghabits:
loudlysilent:
fuckyeahyoungadultlit:
citizen-zero:
YA literature? You mean books about Super Special White Girl and Her Mysterious Brooding Boyfriend?
Here’s a list of black YA leads! And ten Native American protagonists! And a list of ladies who love ladies in YA! And genderqueer / transgender YA leads! And more queer titles! And 2015 / 2016 YA books with Asian / East Asian leads! And bisexual YA leads! And Muslim YA leads! And asexual YA leads! And YA Interrobang’s entire section on diverse YA fiction!
*confetti*
PLEASE REBLOG THIS
PLEASE DO NOT THROW THE YA GENRE UNDER THE BUS it is filled with diversity that goes far beyond whatever makes it to the movies! Please give it a chance!
I love the YA genre. I also get so frustrated and distressed by the lack of diversity and creativity I come across. But it’s absolutely not the entire genre. There are tons of amazingly diverse, well-written books out there if you know where to look.
The problem is the stuff that publishers back and advertise the most are the same old tropes. There is other stuff out there but it isn’t in my list of previews when I do book ordering and I have to go hunting for it. YA collection development is harder than it looks.
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prosthetical:
fixyourwritinghabits:
loudlysilent:
fuckyeahyoungadultlit:
citizen-zero:
YA literature? You mean books about Super Special White Girl and Her Mysterious Brooding Boyfriend?
Here’s a list of black YA leads! And ten Native American protagonists! And a list of ladies who love ladies in YA! And genderqueer / transgender YA leads! And more queer titles! And 2015 / 2016 YA books with Asian / East Asian leads! And bisexual YA leads! And Muslim YA leads! And asexual YA leads! And YA Interrobang’s entire section on diverse YA fiction!
*confetti*
PLEASE REBLOG THIS
PLEASE DO NOT THROW THE YA GENRE UNDER THE BUS it is filled with diversity that goes far beyond whatever makes it to the movies! Please give it a chance!
I love the YA genre. I also get so frustrated and distressed by the lack of diversity and creativity I come across. But it’s absolutely not the entire genre. There are tons of amazingly diverse, well-written books out there if you know where to look.
The problem is the stuff that publishers back and advertise the most are the same old tropes. There is other stuff out there but it isn’t in my list of previews when I do book ordering and I have to go hunting for it. YA collection development is harder than it looks.
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