#RomanceAcademic #RWA2018Denver I attended the RWA annual conference in two capacities, an unpublished writer of romance AND the recipient of the RWA's Academic Grant Award. Why? As a romance writer I was there to advance my romance career.
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The feel was the same as when I attended my 1st Shakespeare conf: nervousness, fan-girling, confidence, insecurity (did I belong), racism, sexism, all the isms you can conceive, welcomed, embraced, encouraged. In both instances I was a mature newcomer. 2/
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#RomanceAcademic As I tell my romance critique partners, my Aquarian brain works in ways mysterious to me. So I'm going to see if I can make sense of my reflections w/o an excessively (I love that word) long thread. This is my brain's response
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Even with amazing speeches on inclusion (I'm going to use that word rather than diversity), I left Denver w/a sense of deja vu. I'd been there done that w/Shakespeare. Don't get me wrong, 16th & 17th century studies & Shakespeare studies will never be 3/
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the same, folks.
#ShakeRace &#LITPOC have made sure of that. Doesn't mean that "whiteness" isn't an ever present tension, asserting its "business as usual" after each slap. It is. The difference:#ShakeRace#LITPOC#MedievalPOC 4/2 replies 2 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
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I have totally been wondering about the RWA, I have taught a reading a romance class to Freshman & the question of whether Romance has had its
#RaceFail moment &what's up has really been on my mind but barely written about. There is that survey the bookstore did &@courtneymilan1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
But yes, the stats looked terrible, they like medieval studies terrible (BIPOC in medieval studies hover between .25-.50% roughly). So super curious and yes, romance has had a long long history.
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