In the two days since I wrote this, I’ve gone ahead and read Karen Witemeyer’s At Love’s Command, the Christian romance about a veteran of Wounded Knee who finds love with a woman doctor—the novel that won an #RWAVivian award but had it rescinded earlier today. So now I know.
Lawyers offering pro bono services for arrested protestors. Minneapolis, Houston, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles. I know there are far more doing the same thing in other cities please add them to this thread
I don't honestly have the spoons atm to read the entire audit. If you don't either, Cate does a great job of summarizing. Courtney is not the one whose behavior was "egregious" in this situation. And Pillsbury is all too willing to play ball with NWLs. No animus, my ass.
RWA is so resistant to dealing with the PROFESSIONAL needs of marginalized writers because those needs jeopardize the money it gets from its bigoted members, many of whom who use RWA as a social club and not a business org. Social clubs often require "niceness."
*dusts off this twitter acct* So the RWA board rescinds its decisions re. @courtneymilan, then tells us they really didn't have to, and we should all watch how we conduct ourselves and express our opinions "appropriately." Okay, cool.
I weep for the cynical that think this is an embarrassment for hockey, and not incredibly awesome for the sport and, above all else, a city that embarked on this journey after its most painful moment. https://t.co/olJrn6bO19
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