Rachel Stark

@syntactics

Editor

Disney Books

Editor at @DisneyBooks ; formerly @01FirstSecond & more ▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams 's ▫️ she/her

· 10 Aug 2016

Eli @quest_bread

big gay dance pic.twitter.com/hEBiT7CTkJ

These illustrations. Somehow. #mswl

· 16 Jul 2016

Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya

How 4 teenage girls organized a mass peaceful #blm protest in Chicago-honed skills doing #CPS organizing chicagomag.com/city-life/July…

#mswl

· 8 Jul 2016

Faith Erin Hicks @FaithErinHicks

Mostly I think about how often fictional violence & the response to it is often justified. Like, a hero being violent is (usually) correct.

<3 this thread. I'd love to see more "hero" tales that deal with the nuances of bad decisions, hurt bystanders #MSWL

· 18 Jun 2016

Dylan Meconis @dmeconis

Somebody write a story where all the unseen female trolls, dwarves, goblins, etc are brokering a diplomatic peace accord behind closed doors

FREAKING #MSWL

· 18 May 2016

Daniel José Older @djolder

Teen Brothers Launch Local Newspaper to Help Bed-Stuy Community via @Dnainfo dnain.fo/1R1n0Fs

#MSWL twitter.com/djolder/status…

· 11 Mar 2016

A conversation with @KylieMBrien & @Sam_Levitz led to this #MSWL: Julie of the Wolves, except JULIE IS A PONY. Only kind of kidding here.

· 7 Mar 2016

Relentless Stark ✊🏻 @syntactics

Also this: "Lesbian comic book shop owner is secretly an alien spy who accidentally falls in love with humanity." #MSWL

Replying to @syntactics

ALSO LESBIAN PIRATES OBVIOUSLY. #MSWL

LGBT

· 7 Mar 2016

Relentless Stark ✊🏻 @syntactics

#MSWL on all of these, btw. Especially "Lesbian handler of a lesbian sleeper agent falls in love with lesbian sleeper agent."

Replying to @syntactics

Also this: "Lesbian comic book shop owner is secretly an alien spy who accidentally falls in love with humanity." #MSWL

LGBT

· 7 Mar 2016

Relentless Stark ✊🏻 @syntactics

In light of #The100, apparently: 100 Storylines @Autostraddle Brainstormed in 5 Min that Don't Involve Dead Lesbians autostraddle.com/100-storylines…

Replying to @syntactics

#MSWL on all of these, btw. Especially "Lesbian handler of a lesbian sleeper agent falls in love with lesbian sleeper agent."

LGBT

· 22 Feb 2016

Renee Watson @reneewauthor

A3 I enjoy stories about the complexities of sisterhood—relationships btwn women & how race and class impact those relationships #flyychat

Um, serious #MSWL! I hope y'all are listening. twitter.com/reneewauthor/s…

· 22 Feb 2016

Yo, #MSWL like hell y'all #grandmawerewolfstories https://t.co/jf71juhh5S

· 5 Feb 2016

#MSWL: An MG series as tightly plotted; full of great chars; & thoughtful about race, gender, & colonialism as Avatar: The Last Airbender

· 1 Feb 2016

Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini

#MSWL a book in which the protagonist's most profound, rich, developed, joyous relationship is with a best friend and NOT a love interest.

I hope you get this, and when you do I hope you send it to me! #mswl twitter.com/LitAgentMarini…

· 23 Jan 2016

#mswl A YA friendship breakup story with all the emotional heft of a romantic relationship's end