Sensitivity reads

A sensitivity read is feedback from someone who has lived experience in an area your writing touches. Inkbreaker matches a writer who asks for one with a reader who has volunteered for that area. The matching is the feature; the read itself happens in inline comments or off-platform.

Requesting a sensitivity read is a paid Pro feature, because it asks for someone's time and lived experience. Volunteering as a sensitivity reader and giving reads is free for everyone.

Requesting a sensitivity read

On a published piece, choose Request feedback and switch the kind to Sensitivity read. Then:

1. Pick one or more areas. The list is grouped (disability and neurodivergence, race and ethnicity, religion, LGBTQ+, lived experience). You will only see areas that have at least one available reader.
2. Add context for the reader if you want to (optional).
3. Send it.

Your request goes to the readers who volunteered for at least one of those areas, least-loaded first. The first to take it becomes your reader. You can see all of your requests, their status, and the matched reader under Sensitivity reads in your account.

A sensitivity read needs a published piece, so the reader can open it.

Volunteering as a reader

In Preferences → Content, turn on I'm available for sensitivity reads and pick the areas you can speak to from your own experience. You can add a short note about what you bring, and set how many reads you will take at once. Turn availability off any time to pause without losing your settings; it does not cancel a read you already accepted.

The areas list is curated. If something is missing, let us know and an admin can add it.