kidlit women* podcast

Author Lyn Miller-Lachmann reads her essay "Going It Alone as an Autistic Woman Writer," where she discusses the difficulties faced by neurodiverse writers.

Librarian Betsy Bird and Grace Lin discuss the essay "Owning Our Words: Gatekeepers and Gender in Children's Books" by Kate Messner, the publisher courtship of librarians, the fallacy of harmless male objectification and much more.

Grace Lin reads "Owning Our Words: Gatekeepers and Gender in Children's Books," by Kate Messner, an essay about the reception disparity of women vs men authors at conferences.

Ellen Wittlinger discusses her essay about the unperceived double standards we have when judging women's writing vs men's.

Ellen Wittlinger discusses the different standard when judging work by women.

Louise Hawes discusses her essay on ageism, author photos and white hair.

Louise Hawes reads her essay about ageism as evidenced by the lack of author photos of women with white hair.

Emma Dryden discusses her essay about how she bounced back from a shocking layoff and find her own value.

Emma Dryden reads her essay, "Determining Our Own Value & Worth: It's Valuable & Worth It!" about putting a monetary value on the work women do.