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May 18, 2015

Monday News: Ageism and gendered rage, beauty and the male gaze, social media’s danger to women, and the feminization of domestic fiction

JanetPublishing Newsage / anger / beauty / domestic fiction / feminism / gender / patriarchy / privacy / social media / social privilege8 Comments

The insults of age: A one-woman assault on condescension – After crawling out of the hole I’ve been working in for the past week, I found link to this story on Twitter from Kat (Book Thingo), which led to a long discussion about ageism, cultural privilege, and the limits of ... more >

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January 19, 2015

Monday News: Reader engagement at the NYT, collective intelligence, crowdfunding hate, and Hermione v. the patriarchy

JanetPublishing Newscrowdfunding / digital publishing / gender / harassment / Harry-Potter / intelligence / patriarchy / reader engagement18 Comments

How the New York Times Measures “Love” – A transcript of the Digital Book World presentation by New York Times Director of News Analytics James Robinson, who spoke on the way the newspaper measures reader engagement. One of the more interesting aspects of this short talk is the way he ... more >

January 6, 2015

Romance is not a feminist genre – and that’s okay

JanetLetters of OpinionAmerican literature / diversity / feminism / gender / genre critique / Literary Criticism / literary history / patriarchy15 Comments

As a genre celebrating love and largely written by and for women, I think it’s easy to view Romance as an inherently feminist genre. I have felt this way myself at times, and I’ve seen many other readers and authors make similar assertions. But what I’m going to propose today ... more >

December 8, 2014

Monday News: victim-blaming, ghostwriting, and messaging in books

JanetPublishing Newsdoxxing / female agency / genre fiction / ghostwriting / Literary Criticism / patriarchy / sexual-assault / YA fiction12 Comments

Conservative blogger reveals unconfirmed identity of alleged U.Va. rape victim – I can barely report on this story without devolving into a sputtering rage. Anyway, this guy who’s clearly trying to make a name for himself (which is obvious in his tweets here, especially the one about “self-employment”) by doxxing ... more >

August 22, 2014

Friday News: Controversial new Spider Woman cover, Canadian copyright’s unintended consequences, Arab Noir fiction, and Gretna Green’s marriage business

JanetPublishing NewsArab fiction / Canada / Comics / copyright / crime fiction / education / Fair Use / gender / Gretna Green / patriarchy / Scotland / sexuality / textbooks / weddings11 Comments

New Spider-Woman comic cover condemned for ‘blatant sexualisation’ – An interesting illustration of the disconnect between the diversification of the comic reader and those still producing them (and a good companion piece to the diversity in publishing story from yesterday). The new cover, a “variant” cover by erotic illustrator Milo ... more >

June 2, 2014

Monday News: Do small pubs benefit from Amazon v. Hachette, Jay Lake dies, (no) diversity at BEA, and slut-shaming and social class

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / BEA / class / digital publishing / diversity / gender / Hachette / obituary / patriarchy10 Comments

Why Amazon Is Actually The ‘Very Best Thing’ For Small Publishers Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-vs-hachette-small-publishers-side-2014-5 – Another perspective weighs in on the Amazon – Hachette conflict, this time (some) small publishers. As the big guys fight it out, this argument goes, the smaller publishers (and, I’m thinking, independent authors acting as ... more >

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