When Someone Asks About the Representation of Gay People in Publishing
When they’re asking about gay men:
When they’re asking about gay women:
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When disabled characters are lessons in humility and “being grateful” for abled folks
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How It Feels to be a White Woman in Publishing
Me:
Publishing:
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When I noticed that our managing editor, HR director, and head of Finance were the only black people in our division
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Realizing that the only “diversity” in the children’s books I work on is in the form of animals and inanimate objects
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Girladactyl: On publishing diversity
While you may be right in a general sense, I think it’s also largely dependent on what segment you’re in. I used to work in YA and FOR SURE it was mostly mid-twenties to thirties white ladies. Now I work in comic book publishing and while it’s still very white-washed in the offices (as many industries are) the diversity is much larger across our talent. Also, as a woman I’m definitely in the minority gender-wise (though this is an issue that has gotten a lot of attention over the past few years (I even wrote my grad thesis on it) and it has been changing).
See also, this article on the woman subject from PW in 2010: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/44510-where-the-boys-are-not.html
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Just to piggy back on this submission: I will use any excuse to promote this— The Hawkeye Initiative
