Last week author Anne Ursu posted some of the findings from her online anonymous survey, designed to “paint a picture of sexual harassment in our industry [children’s publishing] so we can begin to address it.” She noted that children’s publishing is supposed to be friendly and dominated by women, but “We aren’t different, and before we can do anything about sexual harassment, we need to face that reality. And the reality is that a culture of ‘kindness’ can silence people who have been harassed, that women can be complicit in a culture of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, and that […]
