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Forget “strong female character.” Aim for: “Woman or girl with agency.” One who makes decisions, affects the story, pushes the plot. –– Chuck Wendig

We’re looking to expand the Disability in Kidlit team, as the website has grown in popularity in recent months and we’re working on exciting new projects. 

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Okay so this man can pretty much sing to me anytime he wants to! @travisgarland totally my inspiration for Timothy Ferreiro in our upcoming release. #enjoy

Day 3 of #authorlifemonth #authormonthlife brought to you by the amazeballs @missdahlelama My last 5 star read. Whoa, so I haven't been reading lately but I definitely remember what my last 5 star read was. The Sista hood: on the Mic by E-fierce aka Elisha Miranda. So a little confession I read and review YA and friggin love it. The themes usually present in YA are themes I wish were present in NA and adult novels more often, my three favorite being cultural identity, racial identity and sexual identity. By our adult years it's like we're supposed to have it figured all out but In my unique case I don't. And this is one of books that I always bring up in my YA presentations when I publicly speak on books. Why I connected to it: 1.An Afro-Latina main character. ( I'm an Afro Latina of Cuban ancestry and this was the first time I read a girl in a book who was Latina, DARK SKINNED not mulata but negra como yo w/a big kinky Afro. I cried reading that because from the cover you can't tell the main character is black) 2.Characters that come from a lower socio-economic background. 3.Queer female characters of color, especially Black and Latina characters of color. (This is the kicker. This is also one of its kind for me because usually #lgbt books are never about black and Latinas. I wish more people knew about this book 😪) 4. Characters that reflected the Hip-Hop culture without being offensive, appropriating or stereotypical. The Sista Hood on the Mic follows Mariposa Colon aka MC Patria, an Afro-Puerto Rican girl from San Francisco, CA with a love for Hip Hop and making a name for herself but she needs a fly crew to do it! That is where The Sista Hood comes in. This was a book about a girl but most important it was about a girl who maybe likes girls. A girl who valued friendships with girls. This book is about empowerment between girls and I think it's sad that more people don't know about this book. The friendship between the girls is something I think is missing from YA. Everything always seems to be centered on getting a boyfriend and while Mariposa wanted to be with someone, her friends were more important. That's, like, a big high five for me!

Aziz Ansari dropped some major truth about television’s diversity problem over the weekend. Speaking at EW Fest, he discussed how Empire, while progress, does not miraculously solve representation on screen. He also shared how he wasn’t in Transformers because of his stance on accents. 

Ugh why don't I have cable?????I hope this will be available online the next day, I need this in my life!!!! #thewizlive #thewiz #lovingamberriley #crazedamberrileyfan

Guest Post: Romancing the Blog

Guest Post: Romancing the Blog

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I've loved @john_boyega since he was Moses in Attack the Block

So mad that when my hair was short and easy to straighten(once you reach mid length with 4c hair, it's just a challenge to straighten for me) I didn't do something amazing like this. 2016 i am definitely doing something amazing with my hair, color might be my weapon of choice. (Not me in pic, but her hair is bomb)