"I assumed that my passive concern would be enough. Passive concern never is."—Science journalist Ed Yong, in a very fine piece for the Atlantic, "I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix the Gender Imbalance in My Stories."
I strongly encourage you to head over and read the whole thing. As a person who makes an ongoing effort to include marginalized writers' work and voices here, I appreciate Yong's piece immensely — and I share his conclusion that it really doesn't take an enormous amount of effort; just a willingness and desire to prioritize diversity.
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