Justina IrelandA Note on the Fallibility of ARCs and Me. Mostly MeI hate ARCs.Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019
Justina IrelandWhen It Comes to Stories about Racism, Why Does Hollywood Love a White Point of View?Waking to see Green Book won Best Picture when Black Panther WAS RIGHT THERE was not how I wanted to spend my Monday. But, it’s also not…Feb 25, 2019Feb 25, 2019
Justina IrelandDispatches from the Writing Trenches: Writing Social Justice into Fantasy, Racism EditionThis post is about addressing racism within a fantasy storytelling structure. Because, somehow, we keep getting this wrong and being…Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2019
Justina IrelandYA Twitter is a Bottomless Well for Click Bait Articles. Here’s Why…Last week, and yes, it has only been a week, I woke to a slew of emails about a book called Blood Heir. I had no idea what was going on…Feb 7, 20192Feb 7, 20192
Justina IrelandMy Reading Life: OctoberOne of the things I get asked a lot, or maybe about the same amount as anyone else, is what I’m watching/reading/enjoying. Most of the…Nov 2, 20181Nov 2, 20181
Justina IrelandMy Netflix Life: OctoberOne of the things I get asked a lot, or maybe about the same amount as anyone else, is what I’m watching/reading/enjoying. Most of the…Oct 30, 20181Oct 30, 20181
Justina IrelandBaby TeethWhen I was about eleven or twelve, I found my baby teeth.Oct 21, 20181Oct 21, 20181
Justina IrelandYour Fave is a Hot Mess, But You Don’t Have to BeIn every revelation that yet another man of publishing is #TheWorst I continue to see the same conversations and patterns emerge: general…Mar 5, 20181Mar 5, 20181
Justina IrelandGoodbye, Sensitivity Readers DatabaseFor the past two years I have maintained and overseen the Writing in the Margins Sensitivity Readers database. I have mitigated disputes…Feb 26, 20184Feb 26, 20184
Justina IrelandI’ve Waited Fourteen Years For Another Marvel Movie Featuring a Black Superhero and The Opinion of…It is less than a month until the premier of the Great Superhero Cook Out AKA Black Panther. I know you’ve seen the trailers and are more…Jan 23, 2018Jan 23, 2018