Comments on Diversity in YA: A round-up of links and some thoughts on the silence surrounding the discussion.TypePad2014-04-15T14:21:38ZLeilahttps://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2014/04/diversity-in-ya-a-round-up-of-links-and-some-thoughts-on-the-silence-surrounding-the-discussion/comments/atom.xml/Leila commented on 'Diversity in YA: A round-up of links and some thoughts on the silence surrounding the discussion.'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e201a5119fdc9c970c2014-04-15T16:47:52Z2014-04-16T12:12:14ZLeilahttp://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.comHe's certainly included in there, yeah -- she talks about his platform very specifically. It's prompted a lot of conversation...<p>He's certainly included in there, yeah -- she talks about his platform very specifically. It's prompted a lot of conversation on Twitter, starting right around <a href="https://twitter.com/bkshelvesofdoom/status/456074989448343552" rel="nofollow">here</a></i>.</p>tanita commented on 'Diversity in YA: A round-up of links and some thoughts on the silence surrounding the discussion.'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e201a73daaf55a970d2014-04-15T16:33:41Z2014-04-16T12:12:14Ztanita"... some of the largest voices in the YA world and kid lit world more broadly aren’t speaking up and...<p>"... some of the largest voices in the YA world and kid lit world more broadly aren’t speaking up and out in visible ways. They have far less at stake than any author of color (and most women, white or not) would have doing the same thing, in part because their privileged position affords them them their platform."</p>
<p>...<i>aaaaaaaaaand, that's a pointed little note to John Green... Hm.</p>