Racebent Casting and Gatekeeping in Austenesque Spaces
The thing I want to talk about is what the racebent casting criticisms of Persuasion, Hamilton, Bridgerton, Sanditon, Mr. Malcolm’s List, and many others have in common – they are often racist dog whistles, upholding a long tradition of gatekeeping in the community and continuing white supremacy.
Essays on Race and Racism in Jane Austen World
Read essays from BIPOC creators about the history of racism and microaggressions in historical literature as well as the lasting legacy this history has left for today.
I’ve written a book…now what?
So, I’ve written my book. But what do I do next? When I started this journey more than five years ago now, I thought that the hardest part would be fining 100K+ words to put down in a row that told something of a coherent story. I’ve since found out that writing the book was the easy part.
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