When Bryant also began receiving one-star reviews on her book which was still in the editing process, she knew she was being targeted.
The same user has left thousands of reviews, often giving low ratings for LGBT+ authors’ books, but when Bryant contacted Goodreads she said they told her: “After taking a careful look at the ratings, we found that they did not violate our terms so we won’t be able to take any action against them.”
In its community guidelines, Goodreads, which was acquired by Amazon in 2013, states that “hate speech, bigotry, threats, and ad hominem attacks are not tolerated”, and asks users not to “misrepresent your identity or create accounts to harass other members, abuse features, or evade our rules”.
April 13 2021
Sheila Hamilton of Northwest Portland is a journalist and author of All the Things We Never Knew.
My work has given me the opportunity to speak to hundreds of Oregonians about their experience within the state s mental health system during the COVID-19 pandemic. I regularly hear the heartbreaking, frustrating stories from patients and their loved ones, and all seem to have one thing in common: There is a lack of psychiatric services and community resources available for those who are struggling with mental illness and addiction.
The pandemic has exposed the extent of the mental health crisis for nearly every family. During the pandemic, four in ten adults reported experiencing severe anxiety or depression but services for those in need of critical care did not expand to meet the need. Rates of suicidal ideation are highest among youth, especially LGBTQ+ youth. According to Mental Health America, in September 2020, more than half of 11- to 17-year-olds reported
50 Black YA authors you should read, from Angie Thomas to Walter Dean Myers Mary Cadden, USA TODAY
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As a genre, young adult literature is still fairly young. Its modern iteration has only been around since the 1960s. And though YA readership has grown exponentially over the last decades, the diversity of the authors behind the books is in its infancy. But that is changing.
As the number of Black YA authors grows, so have their stories. These authors not only show Black teens dealing with the same coming of age issues that any teen would deal with – falling in love, finding your place in the world, coming to terms with their sexuality, but also navigating issues like systemic racism and microaggressions, says LaKeshia N. Darden, librarian and adjunct professor at Campbell University and Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury, Chair 2019-2021.
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