#sumayyah daud

[narrativelove-blog]

this past weekend, i and what felt like hundreds of other washingtonians, celebrated the end of, what i have been told, was an abnormally short winter. alex, pauline, and i headed east to the rattlesnake mountains (where we came across no snakes, thankfully). i snapped some pictures, all on my phone, so quality is dubious at best. i'm not a hiking person by nature (i wore jeans which, i have been told, is not really hiking attire) but something about the washington flora and fauna tricks most of us, especially non-native washingtonians, into the outdoors.

[richincolor]

I’m not advocating for silence, but for a restructuring of how we think about those of us underrepresented in the young adult publishing community. Instead of thinking of us as people that need to be lifted up or spoken for, consider us equals and the people who should be driving this conversation, instead of just grateful to sit at the table.

I'm Still Here by Sumayyah Daud