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  1. 24 Mar 2019

    I’m gonna say it again for the people in the back of the room: The people who suggest we need a diversity category in the RITA want easy identification of the category they will opt out of judging. Just stop. Segregation is wrong. Welcome to 2019.

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  2. 23 Mar 2019

    After this nonsense, I needed to soothe my soul and see black women getting their HEA, so I cleared out the remainder of romanaces featuring black heroines. I think I’ll do a giveaway later. If you didn't know it, my black authors write fantastic stories.

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  3. 22 Mar 2019

    In lieu of the blk blogger booktuber thread--here is a list of African-American authors (books) I would have voted for if the RITAS didn't have a hashtag . Let this be a reminder, that I don't do this to play games & I will ALWAYS have time.

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  4. 25 Mar 2019

    80 Black Romance Novels Published in 2018 That You Should Read In 2019

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  5. 24 Mar 2019

    At we support authors. Tell us your fave POC, LGBTQIA, neurodiverse, disabled and non-binary authors so we can add them to our reading list and give them a shout out!

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  6. 23 Mar 2019

    In lieu of responding to this year's fallout from , I decided to shout out a bunch of books by AOC I love.

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  7. 28 Dec 2019

    Watching all of this unfold in is sad & exhausting. I won't bother to read the PAN forums because if it's anything like it was during , then it's full of NWLs who don't think they are part of the problem. Search your feelings, you know this to be true.

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  8. 24 Mar 2019

    One thing to think about when discussing Black characters: check your use of language like “thugs, ghetto” etc. Black culture is varied and rich and you are using racist dog whistle words to describe characters from certain backgrounds.

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  9. 28 Mar 2019

    This is by no means definitive, but I think this is a good portion of what I've been taking away from the annual controversy. On “Relatability” and

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  10. 29 Mar 2019

    "On 'Relatability' and " - 

    “…It’s curious the author-readers who say they ‘can’t relate’ to Black characters somehow can relate to nonexistent creatures such as dragons/vampires/weres/ghosts, which means they have extended a value judgment that fictional beings > real-life Black folk…” from “On ‘Relatability’ and #RitasSoWhite” by Savannah J. Frierson.
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  11. 29 Mar 2019

    PART 3! We now have finalists and winners from 2001-2018! HOORAY! That means we can run some REALLY interesting analysis! If this is the first you're seeing, the saga begins here:

    Title slide, complete data 2001-2018
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  12. 24 Mar 2019

    And finally, a call to action. It doesn't have to be this way. But change will not be easy, nor will it come without growing pains. Those are not excuses not to try.

    RWA can do better than 4% representation. If the will is there to fix it.
    Read the full report. Join the conversation. #RITAdata Take action.
    Make 2020 the year of change! And if that means the award goes on hiatus to fix this, so be it.
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  13. 28 Mar 2019

    Y'all, we're gonna talk about in the next episode, and let me tell you, I've never seen Mollie so excited to talk about romance.

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  14. 22 Mar 2019

    Every year same argument. It's like being in an abusive relationship Start your own damned awards to recognize our writers on a national level.

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  15. 4 Apr 2019

    My article in Motley Magazine about the racism controversy which has engulfed the Romance Writers of America's RITA awards.

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  16. 29 Mar 2019

    Finally wrote a blog post. Time for my feelings on the annual controversy, especially after a whole year of the romance author-readership promising to do better.

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  17. 25 Mar 2019

    About the whole I just wanna say this: when authors of color speak up about systematic racism and discrimination, our "job" as a white authors is not to argue with them, require them to defend themselves, or ask them to take OUR hurt feelings into account. 1/2

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  18. 23 Mar 2019

    Facts

    Just a quick reminder and then I'm done
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  19. 24 Mar 2019

    Super important thread. White women called Susan have won as many RITAs as authors of colour. JFC.

    Cover: 20 Years of RITA Data, 1999-2019, Initial Findings Mar 24, 2019
    Dear Romancelandia, I have scraped the data, done the math, and made the pretties. 20 years of RITA winners, plus two of finalists. BIPOC and white. It's as bad or worse than you think. Follow !
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  20. 21 Mar 2019

    The more I think about it, the more I'm for an idea like affirmative action to break the systematic oppression within Romancelandia's RITAs. Something has got to give. Both the judges and entries must be equally filled to the brim non-white, cis and het folks.

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