I find it interesting what you have to say about Tortall and Other Lands! I've never read the collection, but I've found myself made slightly uncomfortable by depictions of PoC-dominated countries versus white-dominated countries in Emelan, Tamora Pierce's other series. (More subtle than "white = perfeclty progressive, nonwhite = backwards and oppressive", more to do with the MCs' reactions towards oppressiveness in white-dominated versus PoC-dominated countries, but it's there.) And considering that I find Emelan tends to be better on progressive issues as far as world=building goes than Tortall, I am Not Surprised to here you say that... :/
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I find it interesting what you have to say about Tortall and Other Lands! I've never read the collection, but I've found myself made slightly uncomfortable by depictions of PoC-dominated countries versus white-dominated countries in Emelan, Tamora Pierce's other series. (More subtle than "white = perfeclty progressive, nonwhite = backwards and oppressive", more to do with the MCs' reactions towards oppressiveness in white-dominated versus PoC-dominated countries, but it's there.) And considering that I find Emelan tends to be better on progressive issues as far as world=building goes than Tortall, I am Not Surprised to here you say that... :/