*howling*

[delux_vivens]

Beverly Slapin's How to write a historical young adult novel with an indian theme (for fun and profit).

*falls out ded*

Comments

[lord_darkseid]

ROTFL!!!!!!!! This is awesome!

[sabotabby]

Brilliant. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.

[havocthecat]

I think both. I was laughing until I realized that the excerpts weren't fake. And then I couldn't stop wincing.

[saltypepper]

Exactly.

[delux_vivens]

a girl has to establish street cred...

[delux_vivens]

Hot damn! Are you my NDN friend? The hell you say?!

*bakes you a cake*

[neigedens]

OMG. That's hilarious. I broke out laughing at this one:

And if you wish to combine similes with metaphors, jump in with both feet and let your imagination run wild as a buffalo fleeing a railroad train.

Inspired. I actually own one of the books she cites. It's called My Heart Is On the Ground, which Slapin's website has an impressively restrained yet incredibly detailed critique of. I started re-reading it yesterday and it's very fun because you can pick out everything on her list. It's like playing a game of Spot the White Privilege and Cultural Appropriation. Good times on every page!

[raz0rgirl]

Funny, yes, but also horrifying. The idea of someone randomly deciding to "speak for" children who'd died in boarding schools and to take their names from gravestones (with all of the horrors that took place at those schools) in such a fake way actually turns my stomach.

[kelleah]

Exactly. Like I said below, I feel like I need a shower after reading some of that shit.