This was such a gorgeous, honest perspective on the somehow eternal debate on perceived diversity in publishing. Thank you so much for sharing the nuance and your own vulnerability, and thank you for Sadie and Georgia -- two characters this queer girl definitely saw herself in. So much love for their stories and yours.
Thank you for sharing. As a longtime fan of your work (I'm 25 and started reading your books when I was 13), and a person who has had my own struggles with finding peace with my identity - or at least how to name it - I hope you are able to continue to share your truth when and how you choose to share it. No more and no less.
❤ thank you for being so honest and brave and putting your fears and confusion in to such important words❤ I really hope this need of certain members of society to have people outed to authenticate their art stops, it can be so traumatic and damaging. ☹ (I remember a female author a while ago being publicly forced to admit she was groomed and abused by a teacher just to validate her book to a society who demanded it ☹. It's so wrong.
This was such a gorgeous, honest perspective on the somehow eternal debate on perceived diversity in publishing. Thank you so much for sharing the nuance and your own vulnerability, and thank you for Sadie and Georgia -- two characters this queer girl definitely saw herself in. So much love for their stories and yours.
Thank you for sharing. As a longtime fan of your work (I'm 25 and started reading your books when I was 13), and a person who has had my own struggles with finding peace with my identity - or at least how to name it - I hope you are able to continue to share your truth when and how you choose to share it. No more and no less.
Amazing piece, Courtney ❤️❤️❤️ definitely resonated with a lot of things you said!! Also it reminded me of Lucy Dacus’s incredible article “Musician Lucy Dacus Wonders If She Ever Really Came Out” https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/relationships-love/a37143947/lucy-dacus-coming-out-queer/
❤ thank you for being so honest and brave and putting your fears and confusion in to such important words❤ I really hope this need of certain members of society to have people outed to authenticate their art stops, it can be so traumatic and damaging. ☹ (I remember a female author a while ago being publicly forced to admit she was groomed and abused by a teacher just to validate her book to a society who demanded it ☹. It's so wrong.
I don't have words, just so much <333333
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🖤🖤🖤🖤 the journey never ends does it? 🖤🖤🖤🖤
thank you so much for sharing this with us 🖤