I have to go out of my way to notice the gender or color of an author, unless they’re already a household name. I haven’t read the back flap of the dust jacket in years, because I don’t care where the author lives or how many kids he/she has. The cover usually has “author of X, Y, and Z” so if you like the book, you…

Fantastic piece. I agree so much. Also, I’d like to add that “I’m only reading book that are not white, cis, male blah, blah, blah,” schtick gives the false belief that white, cis, straight males write one way and everyone else writes a different way. Or at least in a way where everything they write will be about…

I’m brave as fuck.

I read about five books a week. And to be honest, I do not look up info on the author unless the book especially strikes me and I want to read more by the same. I seldom even look at the author’s name, unless I am searching alphabetically on an actual shelf in the library. I read dozens of book review sites every…

If people really want to help out all those underrepresented authors, maybe their resolution should be to buy a motherfucking book or two this year instead of bragging on the internet about how well read they are.

HA as if anyone can do anything, especially something as sanctimonious as “not reading books by white men” without telling absolutely everyone about it. What’s the point if nobody knows? What will you tell me to do next? NOT Instragram every meal?