sbearbergman.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller, publisher, advice guy, crankypants. Always looking for people to talk to and things to eat. š³ļøāšš³ļøāā§ļø
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Quite.
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I think I was part of this polycule for a minute in the mid-90s, actually.
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This made me giggle.
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Oh, article (I am supposed to be improving my self promotion skills; please clap): www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Hello, Your Grace! I was so happy to see youād returned to us.
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I am taking the air right now, Your Grace, with the last sips.
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I am with you on Team Tuna Melt.
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which is why FR has taken a hard line from the beginning that there are more than enough 2SLGBTQ+ kids books with narratives of bullying and exclusion, and we only make books where queer and trans kids and families are well, loved, and peaceful ā which is exactly what book bans hope to erase.
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While those are technically representation, they only fill an imaginative space that takes a damage-centered approach to stories of kids/families from equity-seeking groups, and donāt show joy, resilience, creativity, beauty, peace, love, or wellness
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what we end up with is a lot of books about trauma - cf. Black rep but itās all enslavement narratives, Indigenous rep but itās all first contact/colonization narratives, etc.
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Further, when diversity (or inclusion or representation or whatever is the watchword of the moment) focuses only on what traditional publishing calls ārealisticā representations,
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(as first expressed by Black literacy educator Dr Rudine Sims Bishop), and that book bans are a foundational injustice to every marginalized personās ability to imagine themselves as the hero of a story.
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As to how I would approach it, I would say that my/Flamingo Rampantās focus overall is what I call ājustice of the imagination;ā the idea that itās critical for people, especially children and young people, to have books that are āmirrorā books for them,
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I still wear my āNevertheless, She Persistedā t-shirt. What if weā¦ put adults in charge? I would also support a proposal to just hand it all over to a rotating group of librarians and stage managers.
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Not at all. CV is just a document of what youāve done thatās relevant. In Canada where we still have artists grants I need mine all the time so I keep it uh semi updated but you can probably knock one out in half a day (honestly the citations take me the longest).
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I just want to say that I have a whole ass CV w zero academic anything on it. Itās just a list of awards (incl shortlists and finalists) and then pubs - books, selected chapters, selected articles, readings and performances, workshops. Glad to send you if you want a reference item.
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Ah yes. One day I served a toddler toast w cheese, cut in half as requested, only to be told they wanted the slice whole. When I proposed to eat the cut one and make them a fresh one they insisted that I needed to UN-CUT the toast, leading to 7am me trying to explain that toast canāt beā¦ healed.
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I have waited tables and I would take a 10-top of toddlers over the same number of business bros every single time.
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Toddler Logic: 95% Toddler, 5% Logic (see also: Toddler Help).
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Ah yes. One day I served a toddler toast w cheese, cut in half as requested, only to be told they wanted the slice whole. When I proposed to eat the cut one and make them a fresh one they insisted that I needed to UN-CUT the toast, leading to 7am me trying to explain that toast canāt beā¦ healed.
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I have also had this experience on multiple occasions and I share your feelings.
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Honestly, it improved my morning at least as much. How nice to be useful before breakfast.
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BRB putting it on my business card.