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I guess it's not really surprising that young adult fiction might have an ageism problem
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I guess it's not really surprising that young adult fiction might have an ageism problem

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Naomi K
Sep 08, 2017
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Been thinking a lot about ageism within the writing community. More specifically, about younger writers shutting out or belittling older writers. Ageism to me is fascinating, because it's the only form of prejudice where you go from oppressed to oppressor and then back to oppressed, and in most cases this happens without you even realizing.

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