This week, we wanted to take a step back and talk a little about performative actions in the bookstagram/Internet space, controversial authors, own voices, and how we can do better.

As mentioned in the podcast, links to articles mentioned or used for research are below:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/11/opinion/culture/diversity-publishing-industry.html
https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2019/04/229355/own-voices-movement-ya-literature-impact
https://www.vulture.com/article/american-dirt-book-controversy-explained.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/20/white-people-black-authors-are-not-your-medicine?fbclid=IwAR1gKj4I31phrJVW6iQHgqtGhGjztkaILKjt4VE8krn7D0aZWYN1niav8ZQ
https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/who-gave-you-the-right-to-tell-that-story.html
https://mzfayya.medium.com/glorifying-white-authors-like-diangelo-erases-decades-of-black-writing-on-whiteness-ff398327323a
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/american-dirt-controversy/605725/
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/22/21075629/american-dirt-controversy-explained-jeanine-cummins-oprah-flatiron
https://studybreaks.com/culture/reads/ownvoices-movement-reviews/
https://bluecrowpublishing.com/2018/03/30/what-does-ownvoices-mean/

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https://www.instagram.com/remi.reads/

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