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Anna - I saw the best garbage yesterday & it reminded me of you. It warmed my heart.

it’s important for straight people to come out against homophobia. A lot of us don’t, because of our own homophobia – our fear that, if we align ourselves with queer issues, we’ll be seen as gay. Straight people can help to chance that perception. We have the privilege and visibility and need to use that to our advantage. On the other hand, if we do speak out against homophobia, we run the risk of looking patronizing. I don’t want that either.

LIZ BAUDLER INTERVIEWED ME FOR CHICAGO LITERATI (via zerofade94)

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Why should you read Zero Fade?

It addresses the consequences of media that uses identity as a joke.

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#steryotypes #homophobia #media #stereotypes in media #zero fade

Why should you read Zero Fade?

It raises misconceptions of young knowledge and shows characters changing through experiences.

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#Character development #steryotypes #homophobia #sex education #zero fade

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Zero Fade Live Action Book Trailer

CREDITS:

Kevin Phifer JAMAL REID Mama Sheila MARY REID Tyrell the Bully JOSEPH REID Uncle Paul MJ Sister Laura VALENCIA KOGER Aisha the Girl TAZHANIQ WYER Laura’s friend Tracy MAGGIE ROGERS

Made by Chris L. Terry and Sharon A. Mooney, with help from the cast Music by Hang Glider Sound Mix by Luke Pociask

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Why should you read Zero Fade?

It portrays a single mother starting to work on romantic relationships again.

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#Single mother #relationships #single parenthood #dating #zero fade

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There is something magical in the way that Terry captures Kevin’s world. Kevin is at once vulgar and sweetly innocent, and his voice on the page is electric, as flowing and rhythmic as his favorite Biggie Smalls songs … Kevin’s voice, though unique and rife with individual problems, is the voice of anyone who has ever been thirteen.

Emily Roth on Chicago Literati (via zerofade94)

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Why should you read Zero Fade?

It deals with adults coming out to younger family members as opposed to most novels that deal with the youth coming out to adults.

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#Coming out #Queer representation #LGBTQ representation #Queer #zero fade

Why should you read Zero Fade?

There is a majority black cast that focuses on people living their everyday lives with no main conflict in race relations.

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#Race #Culture #blackness #black culture #zero fade

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Haiku 12/5

Slate.com listed

Zero Fade on their best books

of 20-13.

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Here's the amazing author, Chris L. Terry, reading from Zero Fade itself.

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Why Should You Read Zero Fade?

#zero fade #young adult novels #ya novels #coming of age #bullying

Get ready for the release of the Zero Fade game, coming soon to your app stores. Take a look behind the scenes at a storyboard for the level start sequence.

The bully, Tyrell, is ready to batter Kevin and David with all sorts of things - good and bad. Help Kevin catch David's belongings in the backpack while avoiding the bad things! (You wouldn't want a overturned cup of water in there, would you?)

Look out for the release of the app - a promo code for a book discount comes with each download!

#zero fade #app #gaming #app game #storyboard

Why should you read Zero Fade?

There is a realistic sibling relationship.

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#Siblings #relationship #family #bonding #zero fade

Why should you read Zero Fade?

It has a true "90s kid" feel!!

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#true 90s kid #90s kid #90s #zero fade

Why should you read Zero Fade?

There are young characters discovering things and working through their ignorance.