Hi, #WritingCommunity, I heard we’re doing intros!
I’m Shayna, and I write YA about fat girls being awesome & learning stuff— usually contemporary, but I’ve been known to sprinkle some speculative fun in there. Rn I #amquerying a fat positive retelling of Pride & Prejudice!
It’s important to remember that this was once described as “inevitable,” and that there was a time when you were derided as a Luddite for being skeptical of it.
In retrospect lots of people are acting like it was clearly always BS, but for a time we were told it was inevitable…
ARE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO CARRY OR NOT. ARE WE ALLOWED TO PROTEST OR NOT.
These rights have always been "protected" with a BIG Ol' honkin asterisk depending on who you are.