@Riveted_Reader_Melissa & I were chatting about pumping diverse books more on Litsy after a long string of violent news. She's starting #DiversityMonday, where we make an effort to share diverse reads. I love it & will be joining her. I've also been using these hashtags☝🏼️to promote diverse books & encourage you guys to use them as well to search for & promote diverse reads. Hashtag away! Let's learn together. 🌍✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
BookishFeminist ✳️ FYI | If you use hashtags in comments, the post will still be searchable. You aren't limited to the 451 characters! 8y
OSChamberlain Love it! Very cool! 8y
brendanmleonard Great idea! You guys rock! 8y
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JSW Totally in. 8y
BookishMarginalia Will do! 8y
Wildmoonchild Yes I am so into this! 8y
BookishFeminist @OSChamberlain @brendanmleonard @JSW @BookishMarginalia YOU GUYS ROCK for being on board with this. Love Litsy. ❤️✊🏼 8y
BookishFeminist @Mars Awesome! You rock for joining. Love our awesome community on Litsy. ❤️✊🏼 8y
bookishkai Me, I'm SO in for this. 8y
BookishFeminist @bookishkris AWESOME! You rock for being on board. Love our inclusive Litsy community. ❤️✊🏼 8y
TheNextBook Of course I'm in! Let me just screenshot this for referencing later! 😉 #litsyistheonlyplaceihashtag #wedoneeddiversebooks #diversityrocks #readingbuildsempathyandunderstading 8y
Floresj I'm IN!!! I've been attempting to "read the world" after watching the TED talk about this issue! The speaker has a list of each country and a few books that have been translated to English. Thanks for organizing!❤️? 8y
BookishFeminist @TheNextBook YES! I am so excited this is catching on. 😊 I'll try to keep posting it regularly too! You rock for being on board. Litsy is the the best. ❤️✊🏼 8y
BookishFeminist @Floresj What a wonderful idea! I've always wanted to do that myself. #DiversityMonday is all @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I'm just promoting it bc I love it & we've had long convos about it. 😊 You rock for joining this! Thank you! ❤️✊🏼 8y
Floresj @BookishFeminist here's the link I've been using: https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/ 8y
BookishFeminist @Floresj Awesome! I will check it out! 8y
OSChamberlain I really love this because I've been thinking for a while that I really want to find good novels starring LGBTQ characters. As a kid I was closed off to that world so I really want to see it more in literature. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great hashtags! So much the better when it's easily searchable! 👍 8y
HardcoverHearts @Riveted_Reader_Melissa and @BookishFeminist : you guys are AMAZING!!!! Seriously! You make me so proud to be an activist and a reader. ✊🏻❤️📚👏🏻 8y
megt Thank you so much for putting this list together! 8y
MrsV I love this! 8y
Mixedreader So down!! 8y
Gezemice Great hashtags! It woukd be awesome to find these books! Thanks for sharing! 8y
Chessa Great idea! I'm so in. 8y
angrylilasian Love this idea! 8y
BookishFeminist @OSChamberlain Yes, agreed! I think we all grow up sheltered in some way and it's so important to learn beyond what we're taught in school because TBH it was likely only part of the story. Also I have tons of LGBT recs if you want them! 8y
BookishFeminist @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Agreed! With our powers combined! 👊🏼 8y
BookishFeminist @HardcoverHearts You are too kind! Seriously it's my pleasure. I can't speak for @Riveted_Reader_Melissa but I'm sure she agrees. You & the rest of Litsy make me proud to be part of this wonderful inclusive community & for being so willing to jump on board with this activist stuff! ❤️✊🏼 8y
BookishFeminist @megt You're welcome! I hope you find it helpful. Thanks for being on board with this! Litsy rocks. ❤️🤘🏼✊🏼 8y
BookishFeminist @MrsV @Mixedreader @Gezemice @Chessa @angrylilasian You're all awesome for jumping on board with this little experiment! Love you guys & our inclusive Litsy community so much. ❤️🤘🏼✊🏼 8y
BookishFeminist ✳️️ FYI | If you use hashtags in comments, the post is still searchable. You aren't limited to 451 characters! 8y
BookishFeminist 📌Some hashtag options: #WNDB #WeNeedDiverseBooks #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #NativeBooks #LatinxBooks #AsianBooks #ImmigrationBooks #AuthorsofColor #QueerAuthors #LGBTBooks #QueerBooks #TransBooks #TranslatedBooks #FightAbleism #DisabilityBooks #MentalHealthBooks #MuslimBooks #JewishBooks #BuddhistBooks #ReadWomen #FeministBooks —these are just some options. Be creative & post here if you think of others that would promote & share #DiverseBooks. 8y
Larnellmays Love it 8y
angrylilasian I love @Litsy. It is the safest, happiest social media place for bookish introverts like me! 8y
OSChamberlain @BookishFeminist YES PLEASE! 8y
BookishFeminist @OSChamberlain here goes: Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue, James Baldwin (Giovanni's Room), Janet Mock, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel (Sara Farizan), Garth Greenwell, Alexander Chee, If I Was Your Girl (Meredith Russo), Trans (Juliet Jacques), Becoming Nicole (Amy Ellis Nutt), David Levithan, Lumberjanes, Alice Walker (The Color Purple), Here Comes the Sun (Nicole Dennis-Benn), George (Alex Gino), I'm Just a Person (Tig Notaro) 8y
BookishFeminist @OSChamberlain Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Fun Home (Alison Bechdel), In the Darkroom (Susan Faludi), Armisted Maupin, Jeanette Winterson, Rita Mae Brown (Rubyfruit Jungle), Under the Udala Trees (Chinelo Okparanta), The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith), David Sedaris, Audre Lorde, Whipping Girl (Julia Serano), RIP to your TBR. 💀⚰ 8y
BookishFeminist @angrylilasian It really is. ❤️ It already has a special place in my heart. Book people are the best people. 8y
WordWaller Love this, and thanks so much for doing it! I caught this right before bed though, so I'll probably be extending the hashtag to other days of the week 😊 8y
OSChamberlain Just took a snapshot. Thanks!!! RIP to my tbr?? More like long live my tbr 😂😂😂 8y
BookishFeminist @WordWaller Of course! And these hashtags are all good whenever. Just figured I'd pump them today bc @Riveted_Reader_Melissa put up her #DiversityMonday post. 😊 you rock for being on board! 8y
BookishFeminist @OSChamberlain LOL that's the spirit! High stacks FTW! 😂 8y
Biljana This is fantastic! Joining! Thanks ❤️ 8y
quirkyreader Well two diversity days are better then one. So now it's #diversityfriday and #diversitymonday. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @quirkyreader I saw a bunch of #diversityfriday posts about a month ago after a we all watched a lot of horrible news stories, but I hadn't seen much posted under that tag since and I really thought it deserved to be weekly and not just a one time thing. I picked Monday, just because it was the only weekday without a recurring posting theme that I've seen so far. So Monday seemed lonely and I wanted that tag to get a permanent Litsy life. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @quirkyreader So feel free to use both! The more diversity the better. And if you started #diversityFriday huge thanks for it. If not, huge thanks to whoever created that wonderful idea. 8y
quirkyreader The 8y
quirkyreader Darn stupid iPad keys. The more open we become to new things the better we all become. So more diversity the better. 🐸🐙 8y
saguarosally #diversityeveryday ? 👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿 8y
BookishFeminist @saguarosally Well yes that's the goal! Lol. We're trying to get folks to specifically think and post about diverse books on Mondays though so it's a concerted effort to remain diverse on a weekly basis. 😊 8y
BookishFeminist @read_diverse_books this is the post announcing the #diversitymonday hashtag- since it didn't seem to catch on we've also been playing with #manystoriesmonday and #multiculturalmonday since those have a catchier ring to them- so feel free to use those too! Can never have enough diverse books 📚📚📚 8y