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Melissa<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autistics.life/@JeremyMallin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JeremyMallin</span></a></span> <br>Also...books, lots of ugh. Our assistant did Masters Thesis for MFA on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ownvoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ownvoices</span></a> (and lack) in Children's Literature.</p>
Jess Mahler<p>3000 words edited and finally got to introduce Kyawtchais, my PoV autistic character.</p><p>----<br>Three or four or five sound fibres at a time. Ey separated them from the mass so ey could put meaning to them. Then twisted them into the whole thread of memory. When one sound-fibre ran out, another picked up to take its place. </p><p>It was as hard as spinning the linen thread in eir hands was reflexive. But like the spindle, once ey started, ey couldn't just 'stop.' The momentum of the spin needed to run out. If you tried to grab the spindle mid-spin, the friction of it would sting your hand. </p><p>The sound-fibres held em tightly, as tightly as the linen fibres wrapped the spindle. So the first sign ey had that anything was wrong was the hand closing on eir shoulder and knocking em to the ground. </p><p><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmEditing</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a></p>
Psychology News Robot<p>LIVE, Dammit Bluesky Blog<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/YESquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YESquotes</span></a>: Demystifying Disability/Emily Ladau - "It's important to remember that if you've met one disabled person, you've met one disabled person. If you have a disability, the only disability experience you're an expert on is your own." <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/DisabilityPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityPride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> bit.ly/45KMjgZ<br><a href="http://bit.ly/45KMjgZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/45KMjgZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br>LINK: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/livedammit.bsky.social/post/3lsw5cv6ek22q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/livedammit.bs</span><span class="invisible">ky.social/post/3lsw5cv6ek22q</span></a><br> <br>---------<br>LIVEdammit is a mental health support site with stories, tools, free e-course, bookstore &amp; inspiring wearables — for stubborn souls doing the work to stay here, stay human, &amp; stay strong. <br> <br>WEBSITE: <a href="https://LIVEdammit.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">LIVEdammit.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br>This robot is not affiliated with LIVEdammit.<br>--------<br><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/counseling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>counseling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/socialwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychotherapy</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychotherapist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psychotherapist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychotherapists" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psychotherapists</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psychology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/socialpsych" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>socialpsych</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/socialwork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>socialwork</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychiatry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psychiatry</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychiatry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychiatry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychotherapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychotherapist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/livedammit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livedammit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a></p>
Gay Man Loving Gay Fiction<p>Other Worlds Ink welcomes GMLGF to Mastodon!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/GayMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GayMen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/GayFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GayFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a></p>
Tiota Sram<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@tjhexf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tjhexf</span></a></span> "Loveless" by Alice Oseman is an excellent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> exploration of this (plus aroace identity development &amp; questioning).</p>
Sexabled<p>🧵 Ihr wollt unsere Geschichten – aber nicht unsere Sichtbarkeit? Ernsthaft?!</p><p>Ich bin so müde davon.<br>Wirklich.<br>Immer wieder kommen Journalist*innen mit der Bitte: „Erzähl uns deine Geschichte. Erzähl uns, wie es ist, mehrfach diskriminiert zu werden. Wir wollen deine Perspektive. Die ist so wichtig.“⬇️ </p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/TransIsBeautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransIsBeautiful</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/DisabilityJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityJustice</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/DisabilityAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Sichtbarkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sichtbarkeit</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/RepresentationMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepresentationMatters</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Tokenism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tokenism</span></a></p>
VoidedMike<p>Looking for beta readers for Moon Money, my gritty cyberpunk novelette (8.7k words). It’s got ghosts in the machine, broken men, &amp; code that dreams. Queer. Disabled. Bleeding with grief &amp; defiance. If you like stories that flicker like static &amp; hurt a little—DM me. 💀💾🚬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetaReaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BetaReaders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QueerFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisabilityLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityLit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoWriters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FevdcmOA4QwGMZkcoAj3CCKEmYHCJc2XCw5xwn7IQlc/edit?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1Fe</span><span class="invisible">vdcmOA4QwGMZkcoAj3CCKEmYHCJc2XCw5xwn7IQlc/edit?usp=drivesdk</span></a></p>
Tiota Sram<p>Just finished "To a Darker Shore" by Leanne Schwartz. It's a blend of fantasy (a genre I enjoyed a lot when younger but which I now feel is hit-or-miss depending on the politics of the author) and romance (a genre I'm currently a bit obsessed with) and I enjoyed it very much. The element of an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> autistic perspective was interesting, and the mythology was pretty cool. Even though I felt as though monstrousness could have been explored from an even better angle, the complexity in this book was comfortable, and it to my mind successfully-enough avoided the veneer of racism that runs through the mainstream fantasy tradition.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a></p>
Martine Mussies :verified:<p>Feeling a little proud and a lot grateful! 🌊📚</p><p>If you're curious about neurodiversity, creativity, or life on the spectrum, maybe this is a gentle companion for your holiday. 🐚✨</p><p>Thanks to everyone who supported me along the way 💛</p><p>Direct link to Amazon: <a href="https://a.co/d/4rZ1XO1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a.co/d/4rZ1XO1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/InsideTheAutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsideTheAutside</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AutisticVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutisticVoices</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/HolidayReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HolidayReads</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/SummerReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerReading</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/MentalHealthAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/RepresentationMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepresentationMatters</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/DisabilityJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityJustice</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CreativityAndNeurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativityAndNeurodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a></p>
Tiota Sram<p>Just finished "Statistically Speaking" by Debbie Johnson. It's coincidentally the second book dealing with adoption that I've just finished, though I suspect in both cases not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a>, which I also suspect matters somewhat. I was well-absorbed and enjoyed it immensely, but was left again with the reservation that I'm sure it may reflect only that small facet of real life which is pleasing and/or tolerable to a wide audience, and may thus in its own way make things more difficult for those whose realities it does not reflect. I find myself very glad to have also recently read Mama by Nikkya Hargrove, which is autobiographical and which as a result of having more real-world complexity drives its similar point about found family home with more force, to me (to be fair, Johnson's work has a decent amount of real life complexity, for a novel).</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a></p>
Tiota Sramfeel free to ignore, similar feelings
Tiota Sram<p>Just read Fat Girls Dance by Cathleen Meredith, yet another semi-random venture into the currently-popular novels section of my library, rather than my recent YA staples. It's excellent. Fascinating and well-written just as fiction, but also empowering and perspective-upgrading (and I'm a married white cis man who is only beer-belly fat, plus already well into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BodyPositive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BodyPositive</span></a> thinking).</p><p>It bridges really well with Mama by Nikkya Hargrove, and with Does My Body Offend You by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt, both of which I went through recently. Yet another home fucking run for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a>, which felt extra good to read after Dream State was so disappointing. It really digs into and helps the reader explore body positivity just like Does My Body Offend You does with feminism.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a></p>
Greg Leunig<p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> May 17. How do you ‘write what you know’? continued</p><p>That's not to say you can just fabricate anything. When I write about bending space using an interstellar gate, it is based at least on a thorough amateur study of physics, the speed of light, etc. Could I make some shit up after reading 0 books about the science? Sure, but again small authentic details are crucial. So in this sense, I would say it's worthwhile to research things you want to write about from a content perspective. </p><p>This brings us to the third and final "write what you know" in the context of the human condition. Here is where we run into <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ownvoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ownvoices</span></a> situations. While I think it's vital to have <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> characters, for instance, you will NEVER catch me writing a coming of age gay love story because I'm a straight dude and that is NOT my story to tell. </p><p>2/2</p>
Tiota Sram<p>Just finished reading Dream State by Eric Puchner, and it kind of pissed me off. I think I can see exactly why it might be popular with a certain WASPy liberal "literati" type that probably includes a lot of influential reviewers, but to me, it's points about love &amp; life, despite being much more complex, ring just about as hollow (and harmful) as a Disney movie.</p><p>I've got a lot of quibbles, but I think most galling to me was a throwaway line near the beginning about why platonic relationships get so much less glory in media than romantic ones, when so much of the plot proceeds to revolve around a stale agency-free romantic attraction model that's certainly more complex on its face than a Disney romance but which is ultimately just as misleading.</p><p>Go read Loveless or really any YA <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> romance (especially queer) and you'll be learning more &amp; better lessons about the human condition.</p>
Tiota Sram<p>Just finished "This Book Won't Burn" by Samira Ahmed which continues a streak of excellent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> YA lit, with a bonus being that it canonically mentions and cites a bunch of other great books I've read recently, so the books it cites I haven't read yet give me a natural recs list.</p><p>Just like "Anger is a Gift" that it cites and which I also finished recently, I feel like it helps fuel my will to resist.</p>
Kevin Klehr 🏳️‍🌈<p>I'm known for my <a href="https://aus.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UrbanFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanFantasy</span></a> tales and a few <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dystopian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dystopian</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mmromance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mmromance</span></a> novels out through <br>NineStar Press<br> <br>My Amazon page - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kevin-Klehr/author/B00D010VPA?ccs_id=2a7e4926-ed7c-4dac-98ca-2d26885be7d6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/stores/Kevin-Klehr/</span><span class="invisible">author/B00D010VPA?ccs_id=2a7e4926-ed7c-4dac-98ca-2d26885be7d6</span></a> <br>My latest project - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i293mf-CBhk&amp;ab_channel=KevinKlehr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=i293mf-CBh</span><span class="invisible">k&amp;ab_channel=KevinKlehr</span></a><br>My website - <a href="https://kevinklehr.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">kevinklehr.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>My newsletter - <a href="https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/207911/70531774719985591/share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms</span><span class="invisible">/207911/70531774719985591/share</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ownvoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ownvoices</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
J. Scott Coatsworth, Author<p>It's here!</p><p>"The biggest revelation of this anthology is the surprising narrative range that the theme of drag performance can encompass. 5 stars!" --Ulysses, QueeRomance Ink</p><p>Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5PH6HCR/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">amazon.com/dp/B0D5PH6HCR/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>UBL: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/mgnBEv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/u/mgnBEv</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>@GayRomance <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/DragRomance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DragRomance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Anthology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/MMRomance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MMRomance</span></a></p>
Alan D.D.<p>Another trend to jump in.</p><p>Have you read any of these books? If so, did you love them? If so, our friendship will be renewed until the end of time.</p><p>...</p><p>Otra tendencia a la que sumarse.</p><p>¿Han leído alguno de estos libros? Si es así, ¿los amaron? Si es así, nuestra amistad se renovará para siempre.</p><p>...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReadingTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingTime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuthorsSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookishCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookishCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookshelves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookshelves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasyBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QueerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GothicShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GothicShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnVoices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a></p>
Tiota Sram

Just read "Eleanor and Park" by Rainbow Rowell (because I liked the Manga adaptation of "Fangirl" a lot) followed by "Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating" by Adiba Jaigirdar and the contrast was stark.

#OwnVoices makes such a big difference.

I was super invested in finding out what would happen in E&P, but disappointed by the ending, and ended up remembering a critical thread from back on Twitter taking about representation issues that I mostly found myself agreeing with. Park's Korean identity is in the end an inauthentic plot device. I also found the ending disappointing, though I'm sure others might not.

In contrast, in H&I, the culture was authentic and overflowing, plus the ending was more satisfying while still containing enough imperfections to avoid being saccharine (which to be clear, I personally would not have minded at all, but I get why some would).

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