Kev Sib Tham Tshiab-Tsom ntsoov YA Novel ntxiv rau HONY Sensation

Nws yog ib qho coincidence xwb nplua nuj heev tsis quav ntsej.

Jen Doll's new cov laus hluas tshiab, Qhov ntawd yog Debatable, ua raws ob lub tsev kawm ntawv theem siab debaters navigating tej zaum txaus, tej zaum treacherous ntiaj teb no ntawm kev sib cav. Neej Neeg ntawm New York, lub npe nrov photoblog khiav los ntawm Brandon Stanton, tsis ntev los no tau nthuav tawm zaj dab neeg nrov heev ntawm Brooklyn Debate League (BDL), khiav los ntawm tus kws qhia ntawv uas nyuam qhuav nchuav nws lub neej txuag rau hauv nws lub siab nyiam.

Emails tau xa. Kev sib txuas tau ua. Thiab nyob rau hnub Wednesday, dab tsi yuav zoo li tsis zoo li kev coj noj coj ua tsis zoo uas cuam tshuam nrog kev sib cav yuav tshwm sim ntawm Greenlight Bookstore, qhov twg Doll yuav nyob rau hauv kev sib tham nrog cov founding tswv cuab ntawm lub Brooklyn Debate League, suav nrog Jonathan Conyers, qhov tseem ceeb ntawm HONY feature, thiab KM "DiCo" DiColandrea, tus kws qhia ntawv tau hais tseg, uas tau txais Conyers koom nrog kev sib cav.

"Peb tham txog yuav ua li cas hloov lub ntiaj teb no, thiab lawv tau ua tiag tiag los ntawm cov tib neeg kev sib raug zoo," Doll hais. “Cov kev sib raug zoo koj tuaj yeem ua tau tsim los ntawm kev sib cav tuaj yeem pab cawm tib neeg. Kuv xav kom lawv koom nrog hauv qhov xwm txheej kom tib neeg tuaj yeem paub ntau ntxiv txog tej yam uas tau tshwm sim nyob ib puag ncig peb. "

Doll phau ntawv hais txog tej yam uas cov tub ntxhais kawm BDL ntsib txhua hnub. Tus protagonist, Millie, yog ib lub teb chaws-caliber debater uas txawm li cas los ntsib sexism. Tus kws sau ntawv sau tseg tias qhov no tsis tau hloov pauv zoo txij li nws lub sijhawm sib cav hauv tsev kawm theem siab ob xyoo dhau los, thaum tus kws qhia ntawv qhia nws tsis txhob qhia nws lub hauv caug.

"Cov txheeb cais ntawm cov poj niam thiab cov ntxhais uas nyob hauv kev sib cav tom qab ib xyoos yog tsawg dua cov tub hluas uas yuav nyob hauv kev sib cav," Doll hais. "Cov menyuam yaus raug thab plaub tas li ntawm tib lub crap, zoo li, 'koj lub suab nrov dhau,' 'koj ua dog dig'—koj paub, tib yam uas peb hnov ​​li poj niam, zoo li koj tsis tuaj yeem hais qhov koj xav. los yog koj hu ib Karen. "

Brooklyn Debate League, uas tau tsa $ 1.3 lab los ntawm a GoFundMe tom qab lub HONY feature, tau sim tsim qhov chaw nyab xeeb rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ib txwm muaj tsis muaj kev sib cav, suav nrog cov ntxhais, cov tub ntxhais kawm xim, LGBTQIA + cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab lwm tus. Kev koom tes hauv kev sib cav tseem tshuav dawb thiab txiv neej. BDL vam tias yuav hloov qhov ntawd, ib yam dab tsi Doll's Millie yuav tau qhuas.

"BDL tab tom los nrog txoj hauv kev los pab txhawb thiab muab cov peev txheej rau cov neeg uas tsis muaj cov peev txheej no. Thiab los ntawm kev muab lawv tso rau hauv cov chaw no, thiab los ntawm kev muab lawv lub suab, koj tsis tuaj yeem tsis lees paub lawv, "hais Conyers, uas tam sim no qhia hauv qhov kev pab cuam nrog nws tus kws qhia qub.

"Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia koj txog pes tsawg tus menyuam yaus uas tuaj rau lawv thawj qhov kev sib tw thiab hais tias, 'Kuv mus tsis tau rau hauv chav ntawd.' Thiab nws tsis yog vim hais tias ntawm theem ntshai tab sis vim lawv hais tias, 'Kuv tsis tau hais lus nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm ib chav ntawm cov me nyuam dawb ua ntej.' Kuv muaj me nyuam hais li ntawd rau kuv, ”hais tias DiColandrea. Nws sau tseg tias, raws li tus kws qhia dawb, nws tsis tuaj yeem nkag siab qhov tseeb ntawm nws cov menyuam tab tom dhau mus, tab sis nws sim tsim kom muaj huab cua uas pab lawv taug kev. Nws hais tias "Peb tab tom tsim kab lis kev cai thiab tsim lub zej zog uas cov menyuam yaus tsuas yog xav tias muaj lub zog los daws cov teeb meem uas tuaj yeem ua rau tus kheej ntshai heev," nws hais.

Ib txoj hauv kev uas nws tuaj yeem cuam tshuam nrog cov menyuam yaus yog qhia nws tus kheej kev hloov pauv. DiColandrea hais tias "Kuv sim ua qauv zoo li qhov ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam," DiColandrea hais. "Kuv muaj sijhawm los ua tus neeg hloov pauv txhua hnub ntawm tsev kawm ntawv kom muaj kev sib tham tsis txaus ntseeg nrog cov menyuam yaus vim lawv xav paub yuav hu kuv li cas. Txoj cai? Thaum kuv qhia Jonathan, kuv yog Npeeg Dico. Kuv tsis yog 'Neeg' lawm."

Nyob rau hauv nws phau ntawv, Doll muaj nws protagonist txawm xyaum hugs rau kev sib tw "kom nws yog" thiab tsis alienate ib txwm minded txiav txim los ntawm rub tawm sai dhau los yog tshwm sim tsis txaus siab rau puag. "Kuv tsuas yog xav txog qhov kuv xav li cas thaum ib tug ntxhais sib cav, thiab qee zaum cov txiv neej yuav puag koj ntev dhau lawm thaum lawv muab khoom plig rau koj," nws piav qhia.

Nws mob siab los tham txog cov teeb meem no nrog BDL cov tswv cuab ntawm hnub Wednesday qhov kev tshwm sim thiab hnov ​​​​lawv cov kev xav ntawm lwm yam uas nws tshawb hauv phau ntawv, xws li kev txawj ntse los sib cav tswv yim (nws puas yog qhov kev sib cav rau qee yam koj tus kheej xav tias tsis yog?).

Cov tswv cuab BDL tau mob siab rau nkag mus rau xyoo kawm ntawv tshiab thiab txuas ntxiv txhim kho yam uas lawv tau qhia lawv cov tub ntxhais hluas sib cav. Brendan Gorman, tus kws qhia BDL uas qhia hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab Xaverian hauv Brooklyn, hais tias thaum cov menyuam yaus mob siab txog qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev sib cav - txhua tus xav yeej - lawv tau txais ntau dua li kev yeej. "Nws txhawb lawv," nws hais. "Peb tab tom pib tsom mus rau ntau dua li ntawm leej twg tau txais trophies thiab leej twg yeej qhov kev sib tw. Qee zaum peb yuav luag tsis nco qab mus txog qhov ntawd. "

Hnub Wednesday qhov kev tshwm sim yuav suav nrog cov ntsiab lus ntawm BDL qhov kev pab cuam los ntawm Gorman thiab kev sib cav sib cav nrog qee tus tub ntxhais kawm BDL nrog rau kev xav los ntawm Doll, Conyers thiab DiColandrea ntawm lawv qhov kev sib cav xyoo. Yuav muaj sijhawm kawg rau cov lus nug, ib yam nkaus. Doll tos tsis tau.

"Kuv xav nug qee cov lus nug ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm," nws hais. "Lawv yog cov uas kuv xav hnov ​​los ntawm."