This is stuff regular readers likely already know, but it’s nice to have links to stuff for others. Two recent op-eds from the NYT discuss how decision makers in a wide range of gatekeeper roles are more likely to make discretionary accommodations for some people than others while not noticing that this is what they’re doing:
Gillian Triggs has proved herself so far above the pitiful scrabblings of the shrivelled souls who want her to stop saying that we shouldn’t subject children to institutional abuse that she has forced them to reveal themselves for what they are.
A female author notes how schools keep deciding that boys won’t want to hear her speak about writing, while also deciding that whenever a male author visits the same school that girls will be just as interested in that author as the boys.
My review of Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!
“Queen of the gospel and the mother of rock and roll” The person who brought the electric guitar to the popular masses wasn’t Chuck Berry, and it sure wasn’t Bill Haley. It was a woman from Arkansas who saw her… Read More ›
Summary post for #AWW2015, including how I complied with the various criteria.
My review of Peony by Eileen Chong
How I wish I could be in London on Saturday for this! And what a gorgeous poster.
My review of Too Flash by Melissa Lucashenko
Hoyden About Town 