Comments on: Cover Matters: On Whitewashing

By: Making Stuff Up for a Living - Saundra Mitchell's Blog

Making Stuff Up for a Living - Saundra Mitchell's Blog — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:40 +0000

[...] going to experiment with it a little. The subject of whitewashing covers comes up again and again in YA, for good reason. Even when authors write stories with diverse characters, marketing [...]

By: The “Other” Histories of Fantasy | Phenderson Djèlí Clark

The “Other” Histories of Fantasy | Phenderson Djèlí Clark — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:47:17 +0000

[...] cause readers to balk. This whitewashing, or racebending, has grown so prevalent that blogs like The Book Smugglers in 2010 blasted the practice and exposed it fully for the world to see. Sadly however, it [...]

By: Do covers matter? » BookThing!

Do covers matter? » BookThing! — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:59:55 +0000

[...] The Book Smugglers have a really interesting (and somewhat depressing) article on covers with regard…, which you should check out. The site also has a whole series of article relating to book covers, which you can see here. [...]

By: Quora

Quora — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:59:26 +0000

Will The Hunger Games’ success lead to more female action heroines on-screen?…

Wow, great question Cristina! I tried several times to answer this concisely, but I found that I couldn’t discuss the surface level without digging into the underlying issues. So as usual, I’m going to take this opportunity to talk about a lot of stu…

By: Jackal

Jackal — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:47:19 +0000

The Immortals Quartet had some of this. The editions I had had the actually white protagonist alone on the covers. Fine, really. I mean, it’s her story. But. Other editions had her mentor/love interest on them. And when I saw them, I thought, “Who the hell is this white guy?” The man is from the world equivalent of North Africa, has hair that’s ‘crisp’ and has been known to break hairties, and ‘swarthy’ skin.

By: Why Are We Still Whitewashing? | Adios Barbie

Why Are We Still Whitewashing? | Adios Barbie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:31:23 +0000

[...] released with a white appearing girl’s face on the cover. (For several more examples, see here and here). Such decisions on the part of the publishing industry not only reinforce white beauty [...]

By: famous quotes

famous quotes — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:22:21 +0000

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By: BHM, Day 3: POC Representation in Cover Art « MAGGIE CLARK

BHM, Day 3: POC Representation in Cover Art « MAGGIE CLARK — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:41:15 +0000

[...] for today’s primary link I give you The Book Smugglers’ article, Covers Matter: On Whitewashing, which has an impressive series of book covers that originally marketing (and in some cases still [...]

By: Shadow Blade (Shadowchasers #1) by Seressia Glass | I READ GOOD

Shadow Blade (Shadowchasers #1) by Seressia Glass | I READ GOOD — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:04:32 +0000

[...] diversity in books, and also because, after all of the controversy over whitewashing covers (see this post from The Book Smugglers for a great discussion of the topic), it’s great to see cover art [...]

By: Mark Charan Newton on Minority in Genre Fiction « The World SF Blog

Mark Charan Newton on Minority in Genre Fiction « The World SF Blog — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:03:23 +0000

[...] not go unpunished. Even publishers do not escape the issues: for example when they’re caughtwhitewashing novel covers.These discussions force those who create art and entertainment to think actively about what [...]