Black Trans Stories Matter

It is not enough to write our own stories, we must be able to edit them too. #OwnVoices #DiverseBooks #WeNeedDiverseBooks

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

Publishing cannot say it supports diverse voices until it financially supports those voices.

[Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller]

UNSOLICITED, STEEPED IN OPINION, PUBLISHING JOB ADVICE THREAD--INCOMING!

If you want to be a literary agent, especially one that works on commission, please do the financial math first. This math includes...

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

Are you a sensitivity reader? Don't be afraid to ask for more money. You are worth it.

[gender of the day @genderoftheday]

Today's gender is the smell of a library.

[Laura Harshberger @laurzard]

The Harper Union is made up of ~250 junior and mid-level employees across editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, legal, and managing ed. We make books, and we make books happen. But we've been reporting to work without a contract for almost 3 months now. 🧵

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

Here are some real ways we can change publishing!

[HarperCollins Union @hcpunion]

SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY: sign our petition supporting our union's contract negotiations! https://t.co/SW76khG394

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

Sometimes, I like to remind myself that Hitler was cis.

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

PSA: Using "they" for someone who has made it known they use other pronouns is, in fact, misgendering.

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

So... I stopped writing about two years ago because it became too difficult. The rise of transphobic discourse and then the pandemic... I just couldn't anymore. I didn't know how to write without feeling that huge burden of what I "should" be doing.

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

Straw man argument? What about straw women?

[Out Magazine @outmagazine]

It's absolutely bewildering that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos can say "we have a strong belief that content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm" when last year they released the Netflix Original @Disclosure_Doc, which included salient scenes like this.

[Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton]

So the only person who was actually "cancelled" in all of this was the individual who simply spoke up to reaffirm their humanity and the humanity of others. Interesting.

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

And I only got a full-time job in 2021 in publishing, as defined earlier in this thread.
I am binary, white, come from enough financial literacy to juggle myself through work up until this point. If it took me, with boatloads of privilege this long, wonder why there aren't more

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

This is why I made this account like 5 years ago. The like nuances here are what make it very frustrating to talk about.

[Black Trans Stories Matter @PublishingTrans]

Now I'm steamed up. I like this account being semi-anon, so I am happy to talk with folks privately about this, but I have worked publishing adjacent for 5 years after having my first internship in 2015. I had over 300 applications & 60 interviews for publishing jobs.