The story
Coined by Dutch author Corinne Duyvis on Twitter in 2015 as a hashtag for recommending children's books with "diverse characters written by authors from that same diverse group."
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Own Voices
Today it means: A literary movement centering books (particularly children's and young-adult fiction) about marginalized people written by authors of the same group. Full definition →