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Go Set a Watchman – It’s Not About Atticus

Karin Kallmaker 07/17/2015 Sisters of the Pen 3 Comments

If nothing else, Go Set a Watchman’s very existence, and the hurt and outrage people feel at the idea that their beloved hero could be so deeply flawed has made us all Scout once again.

#racismGo Set a WatchmanHarper Lee

TheMarySue Casually Smears Romance (REBLOG Heidi Cullinan)

Karin Kallmaker 06/25/2015 Craft of Writing 0 Comments

Heidi Cullinan nails The Mary Sue for a lazy, unresearched, hetero-only smear piece on romance writing.

#feminist#romancewriter#writingprideHeidi Cullinan
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Casting the First Tweet – Why Someone Else’s Gender Is Not About Me

Karin Kallmaker 06/12/2015 Cheers & Chocolate, LIFE + STYLE 19 Comments

My brain-churning, stomach-twisting questioning presumed that I knew all there was to know about what it’s like to be a woman in this world. And I don’t.

#BigQueerTent#LGBT#mylesbianfreespeechAnne LamottCaitlyn Jenner
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged – Just Like That Now on Nook and Kindle!

Karin Kallmaker 05/30/2015 Book News, Just Like That 2 Comments

A garrulous Bennett and an affable Bingley join the two leads in Just Like That, my very lesbian, award-winning homage to Pride and Prejudice.

#f/f#lesfic#wlwJane AustenLesbian RomancePride and Prejudice

Just “For Girls?” How Gender Divisions Trickle Down

Karin Kallmaker 04/23/2015 LIFE + STYLE

Our feeds are full of ire about men who don’t get it. A lot of men do, so I’m sharing just such a case, with my own comments as someone who markets without apology to a specific audience.

#feminist#weneeddiversebooksChuck WendigDC Superhero Girls
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