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Karen Yin

#Author: The Conscious Style Guide from Little, Brown Spark (2024) and several children's books.

I was not expecting this footnote in the new Chicago Manual of Style. Thank you, editors of #CMOS18, for modeling #ConsciousLanguage.

"5.255: Making Conscious Choices…Here we draw on the term 'conscious language' as used by Karen Yin, founder of the Conscious Style Guide website." ❤️

#AmWriting #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #StyleGuide #StyleGuides #Copyediting #ConsciousStyle

Screenshot with "The Chicago Manual of Style" in black on yellow, with "Online" in red beneath it. To the right of this block of color is an entry: 5: Grammar and Usage > 5.255: Making Conscious Choices. The footnote reads, "Here we draw on the term 'conscious language' as used by Karen Yin, founder of the Conscious Style Guide website (see bibliog. 1.4)."

Hi, #ReadingCommunity! If you liked The #ConsciousStyleGuide, please consider reviewing it. Reviews help others discover my book and can raise its visibility on these platforms. A review can be a few lines—an impression, a takeaway, how it is useful, who should read it.

Boosts are greatly appreciated. Xie xie! 📚

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#WritingCommunity #StyleGuide #ConsciousLanguage #Inclusion

#ICYMI: The July edition of The #ConsciousLanguage Newsletter includes:
• Why We Shouldn’t Call Trump a “Criminal”
• Stop Saying “Conservative” When You Mean Fascist
• Words Such as Racist Slurs Can Literally Hurt—Here’s the Science

✅ Read and subscribe: https://mail.consciousstyleguide.com/p/conscious-language-newsletter-july-2024

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Happy 1st birthday to my picture book So Not Ghoul! I knew you when you were an itty-bitty draft titled Unfashionaboo with a few Mandarin puns and fake proverbs, and now look at you—all grown up with great reviews. 1/

#KidLit #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Review quote from Kirkus Reviews: "Full of ghostly puns, this is a playful look at identity, culture, and new-student blues."

Happy #Publication Day to "Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities" from Inkyard Press! I'm delighted to have my story "My Kinda Sorta Badass Move" in this anthology. Many thanks to editors Ismée Williams and Rebecca Balcárcel. Available everywhere books are sold.

Illustrated book cover: On a cobalt-blue background, about nine featureless faces in a variety of skin tones and hairstyles are arranged in a contrasting cluster of blues, pinks, browns, oranges, blacks. The contributors' names frame the image in small, all-caps type. The title, Boundless, begins at the top left and runs down and across the cover.

I'm a huge fan of #KidTimeStoryTime and StoryTeller's readalouds on #YouTube. Well, guess what! Today, they posted a hilarious reading of my picture book #SoNotGhoul!

This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, has Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion.

(Psst…please buy!) 👻 ❤️

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f81Um_Nufak

#PageStreetKids, art by Bonnie Lui.

#AAPIHeritageMonth #AsianAmerican #PictureBooks #KidLit #ReadAloud #StoryTime

Thanks, #KirkusReviews, for highlighting my queer Chinese American short story in your review of BOUNDLESS: TWENTY VOICES CELEBRATING MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIRACIAL IDENTITIES by Inkyard Press, out in June 2023.

Read: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ismee-williams/boundless-williams/

#ToolTip: Thirty free or fee sources for #stockPhotos for #diverse representation, including:

• Centre for Ageing Better
• Disability Inclusive Stock Photography
• Disabled and Here
• Faces of Travel | Delta Air Lines
• #GBVinMedia: gender-based violence
• The Gender Spectrum Collection (fee) | Vice
• Nappy.co: Black and brown people
• NativeStock Pictures: Indian Country
• Plus Size Stock Photos | AllGo
• UKBlackTech
• WOC in Tech

https://consciousstyleguide.com/design-images/

#ConsciousDesign #ConsciousStyleGuide

In the March 2023 edition of The #ConsciousLanguage Newsletter (hashtags mine):

• How "Ma’am" Went From Being a Respectful Word for Some—but Polarizing for Others
• Youse Hear About #InclusiveLanguage?
• Examples of #Ableist Language You May Not Realize You’re Using
• Ancient #Judaism Recognized a Range of #Genders…
• #InclusiveDesign’s Next Chapter: #Design for #Cognition

📗 Read: https://consciousstyleguide.com/conscious-language-newsletter-march-2023/

📥 Subscribe: https://consciousstyleguide.com/newsletters/

#ConsciousLanguage #WritingCommunity @edibuddies

I love this! "Black Crossword features the names of significant Black figures, updated slang, plentiful musical references and more…[Creator Juliana] Pache has big dreams for Black Crossword, including a collection of activity books and merch. Ultimately, she hopes people continue to play and find it 'rewarding and challenging' while learning about Black culture."

#Read #HuffPost: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-crossword-juliana-pache_n_6407b9a9e4b018d7c56d9b56

#Play #BlackCrossword: https://www.blackcrossword.com/

#BlackMastodon #CrosswordPuzzle

Karen Yin boosted:

Can you spot #Violet? #DogsOfMastodon #camouflage

A dog lying on a large Persian-style rug, slightly disguised by its geometric patterns.

The #Dutch version of my debut #pictureBook "Whole Whale" is out! Here's a cover comparison for all you #kidlit and #publishing folks who are interested in such things. "Maak Plaats" means "make space."

Art by Nelleke Verhoeff, English version published by Barefoot Books, Dutch version published by De Vier Windstreken.

Two square covers side by side. Description for both: A vibrant yellow cover has a huge blue whale tale with the title, "Whole Whale" or "Maak Plaats!" surrounded by colorful whimsical animals, including a monkey, giraffe, panda, sheep, and lion. On the English cover, the credit reads "Words by Karen Yin & Art by Nelleke Verhoeff." On the Dutch cover, the credit reads "Nelleke Verhoeff" on its own line, below that, "Karen Yin."

Dictionary.com changes #antisemitism spelling away from "anti-Semitism."

"The move comes nearly two years after The Associated Press similarly changed the spelling in its widely used style guide. It also reflects an ongoing push by many American Jewish organizations to spell 'antisemitism' without the capital S."

📗 #Read: https://jewishinsider.com/2023/02/dictionary-definition-antisemitism-spelling/

📥 For more #ConsciousLanguage updates, check out my #ConsciousLanguage #newsletter: https://bit.ly/consciouslanguagenews

@edibuddies #Jewish #APStyle #Editing

The Hollywood Reporter interviewed me in 2019 for its first-ever "Agents of Change" piece on diversity and inclusion. During the call, I referred them to my friend and adviser #HenryFuhrmann, aka the #HyphenKiller for his "Drop the Hyphen in 'Asian American'" article for #ConsciousStyleGuide. We eagerly awaited publication, but nothing came of the interviews. Or so we thought.

Today, I found a PDF of the article. I wish Henry was here so I could tell him. Miss you, Henry.

#APStylebook #Editing

Screenshot of a large goldenrod sidebar with "The Hollywood Reporter / 88 / April 30, 2019" in the running footer. Six blurbs are prefaced with a category, like "Black," "Latino, Latina or Latinx." Under "Asian American," the text reads: "In March, AP dropped the hyphen from 'Asian American' (and 'African American,' plus other cases of what the style bible calls 'dual heritage'). That hyphen 'implied that we're different, not wholly American,' says Karen Yin, Conscious Style guide writer-editor. Adds Henry Fuhrmann, CSG author of the post that changed AP policy: 'I'm Japanese American and don't see myself as a hybrid.'"

A pleasant surprise to spot my picture book #SoNotGhoul, about a little #ChineseAmerican ghost who deals with #culturalAppropriation in the fiercest way, at a local #bookstore. If you’re in #Pasadena, CA, you can pick up a copy at Vroman’s!

Art by Bonnie Lui, published by #PageStreetKids.

#KidLit #ChildrensBooks #PictureBook #WritersOfMastodon #AuthorLife #BuyLocal #ShopIndie

Photo closeup of several copies of my pink-and-purple-spined book on a bookshelf, surrounded by other children’s books.

I love talking about why I created #ConsciousStyleGuide for writers and editors and how I use #consciousLanguage as a tool for equity. Here's my Q&A with #TheObjective, a publication devoted to improving the practice of #journalism.

Read: https://objectivejournalism.org/2023/02/karen-yin/

@edibuddies #Journalists #Writers #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Interview #Editor #Editors #Editing #EditorsOfColor #MediaDiversity #Diversity #Equity

February 1 was #WorldReadAloudDay, a global celebration of reading aloud.

I was thrilled to learn that for this event, #Scholastic picked my book "Doug the Pug and the Kindness Crew" as one of its top 30 recommended books (https://www.scholastic.com/worldreadaloudday) and #Mombian picked my book #WholeWhale as one of its 10 LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books (https://mombian.com/2023/02/01/10-lgbtq-inclusive-kids-books-for-world-read-aloud-day/).

It feels incredible knowing that my books have their own lives and don't need me (as much).

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kidlit #PictureBooks

New resource on #DiverseDatabases: The Uproot Project Database, a resource for people seeking to connect with environmental and climate #journalists of color.

DiverseDatabases.com has 100+ databases featuring underrepresented groups across fields. Visit: http://diversedatabases.com/

Am I missing any cool #databases that promote #diversity and #diverseVoices? Please let me know in the comments.

#Journalism #Environment #ClimateCrisis #MediaDiversity #EditorsOfColor

My week has peaked, and it hasn't even begun. The Government of Canada recommends #ConsciousStyleGuide!

"The Conscious Style Guide website is a compendium of developments in the field of inclusive language. It was founded by Karen Yin, who launched both the website and The Conscious Language Newsletter in 2015. Yin encourages us to think critically about using language in order to avoid unconscious bias."

📗 Read: https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/blogue-blog/guide-to-inclusive-writing-resources-eng

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Editing #InclusiveLanguage

An example of when omitting “that” miscues the reader.

#WritingCommunity #AmReading @edibuddies