The eNotes Blog Diversity, Intersectionality, and Inclusivity#YANeedsMore

Decent variety, Intersectionality, and Inclusivity#YANeedsMore Recently the hashtag #YANeedsMore began drifting, and we bounced in to watch the discussion unfurl. We are ⠝ ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ Ã¢  ¤Ã¯ ¸ ing the #YANeedsMore tweets! (@) July 23, 2015 Not amazing wasâ the number of calls for greater intersectionality and assorted variety; we wereâ pleasantly surprisedâ byâ the rich knowledge, input, thoughts, and individual encounters from many youthful grown-up, and legitimate grown-up, tweeters. The YA sort and especially its more seasoned perusers have been scrutinized for an array of issues and deficiencies. This drifting label was a weep for a progressively differed genre,â and ideally essayists and distributers will follow to coordinate their perusers encounters, societies, stories, and connections. Here are a portion of our most loved #YANeedsMore. More  poor familiesâ #YANeedsMore Poor families.(Growing up in a marginal destitution network, I found the upper white collar class standard in YA distancing.) Kody Keplinger (@Kody_Keplinger) July 23, 2015 More  teen young ladies whoâ #YANeedsMore high schooler young ladies who know they dont ever need to settle down and have children. Only one out of every odd young lady likes babies. Carrie Ann (@Writer_Carrie) July 24, 2015 More  queer kids beingâ #YANeedsMore strange children being legends in a story that has nothing to do with their sexuality. Tristina Wright (@TristinaWright) July 23, 2015 More  fat kids withâ #YANeedsMore fat characters w/intersectional ids (mogai, poc, disabled,etc.) bc most fat singes Ive seen are white/cishet/capable inver (@invertweets) July 24, 2015 More  neuro-atypical individualsâ #YANeedsMore neuro-atypical people without making them sad or needing fixing. Steven Gould (@StevenGould) July 23, 2015 More  girls whoâ #YAneedsmore young ladies who approve of being single. Sentiment is acceptable and fun however being single is a decent (sound) thing Akchita S. (@KailiaSage) July 23, 2015 Greater  diversity ofâ #YANeedsMore decent variety. of skin, adores, sex, size, shape, minds, cerebrum sciences, convictions. jenperator larsen (@jenfoo) July 23, 2015 More  friendshipsâ #YANeedsMore fellowships! Solid kinships. Poisonous fellowships. Kid/young lady fellowships. Kid/kid fellowships. Young lady/young lady companionships. Molli Moran (@MissMolliWrites) July 23, 2015 More  complex parent-teenager relationshipsâ #YANeedsMore complex parent-teenager connections that arent impelled by separation, infection, or an emergency. Saba Sulaiman (@agentsaba) July 23, 2015 More  trans teensâ whoâ #yaneedsmore Trans teenagers who are happy with being trans. Nonbinary adolescents! Genderqueer teenagers! Nita Tyndall (@NitaTyndall) July 23, 2015 More  retellings of classicsâ #YANeedsMore retellings of works of art that are not by Jane Austen or Shakespeare lets see a YA Villette or Dorian Gray! Claire Hennessy (@clairehennessy) July 23, 2015 More  ambitious teensâ #YANeedsMore yearning youngsters. Youngsters are continually making/changing plans constantly, more stories on what to do on the off chance that it doesnt go to design. Lily Meade (@LilyMeade) July 23, 2015 More  cats? Uh I dont necessarilyâ disagree with this. #YANeedsMore feline POV stories Jeff Crook (@JeffCrook2b) July 23, 2015 What do you think YA needs a greater amount of? Tell us in the remarks, and add your voice to the pattern!