YABookgate

God, the grammar in the headline gave me a headache. How could somebody write that and say, “ Yup, makes sense.”
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In 2010 the NY Times language columnist could write a column like that and not be chased off of every platform on the planet. Times change, and often not for the better. 😐

Because you have to do it or else you're invalidating (which is literal violence and attempted murder) the non-binary snowflake. Being non-binary rules because you can enforce your oh-so-quirkiness on society at large.

And nobody gets to call you a fat, white basement dweller, either.
 
Award-winning non-binary author was told their trans teen romance ‘would never sell’. They proved all their doubters wrong



Oddly, this video is at the link but is unlisted on YouTube. 38 views and no up/downvotes when I checked it out.
I've read that one, it's honestly up there as one of the worst books I've ever read. The writing is poor quality, like a high school student's creative writing assignment. There isn't a plot, nor is there any chemistry between the MC and the love interest since neither are given a single personality trait.

Beyond the writing just not being good, I sincerely don't think it should have any LGBT awards, specifically. The representation, which is apparently the only reason anyone praises the book, was honestly really terrible. The author's description of gender dysphoria included things like wanting cool hair and no zits, and nothing to do with sex characteristics.The author also seems to have some thinly veiled hatred of bisexual people, as evidenced by a few scenes in the book, implying that being bi makes you a 'gatekeeper'/bigot. The book also has passages about how everyone should be totally comfortable with being called queer (which is still used as a slur), and if they are not, then they are bad for the LGBT community and need to GTFO. I see the things presented in the book as being potentially damaging to an LGBT teenager. Especially if they are bisexual, they don't need an allegedly "diverse" and "accepting" book telling them that they are bad because they're bi. It boggles my mind that books get #cancelled because an antagonist says a no-no word, but then this thing gets an award when it states that being bisexual means you are a close-minded gatekeeper.
 
I've read that one, it's honestly up there as one of the worst books I've ever read. The writing is poor quality, like a high school student's creative writing assignment. There isn't a plot, nor is there any chemistry between the MC and the love interest since neither are given a single personality trait.

Beyond the writing just not being good, I sincerely don't think it should have any LGBT awards, specifically. The representation, which is apparently the only reason anyone praises the book, was honestly really terrible. The author's description of gender dysphoria included things like wanting cool hair and no zits, and nothing to do with sex characteristics.The author also seems to have some thinly veiled hatred of bisexual people, as evidenced by a few scenes in the book, implying that being bi makes you a 'gatekeeper'/bigot. The book also has passages about how everyone should be totally comfortable with being called queer (which is still used as a slur), and if they are not, then they are bad for the LGBT community and need to GTFO. I see the things presented in the book as being potentially damaging to an LGBT teenager. Especially if they are bisexual, they don't need an allegedly "diverse" and "accepting" book telling them that they are bad because they're bi. It boggles my mind that books get #cancelled because an antagonist says a no-no word, but then this thing gets an award when it states that being bisexual means you are a close-minded gatekeeper.
I remember reading reviews from people who identify as non-binary that said, basically 'I was really excited about the representation in this book, and I felt really let down in the end'. So even people who WANTED this representation decided they actually didn't.

Also, was there a scene where Ben says he wishes cis people didn't exist or something or was that just a rumor?
 
I remember reading reviews from people who identify as non-binary that said, basically 'I was really excited about the representation in this book, and I felt really let down in the end'. So even people who WANTED this representation decided they actually didn't.

Also, was there a scene where Ben says he wishes cis people didn't exist or something or was that just a rumor?
Yes, that is in the book. It was presented as a sarcastic comment, but given the other beliefs of the author that are given in earnest throughout the book, I’m not too sure how sarcastic it really was.
 
There's some new hilarity circulating today in YA/Book world amid all the political drama.

Apparently a well-known and well-respected literary agent named Ginger Clark is in hot water for allegedly "harassing" and "bullying" people back in 2016. It's hard to follow, but from what I've autistically gathered, one of Ginger's clients had written an article praising the fashion style of Richard Spencer. Claribel and others went after said client publicly and called them a Nazi. Ginger then contacted their agents and told them to back off her client.

Why is this being brought up now, I have no idea, but apologies are currently being demanded:

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This rant of course led to a huge spergout of others chiming in and calling for Ginger's head, even though it's unclear of what exactly did she did based on this rant.

More people are pissed though:

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A literary agent's behavior = Trump president? Whaaaat?

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A literary agent's behavior = Trump president? Whaaaat?
Not even THEIR behavior, the behavior of their CLIENT. And instead of doing what Brooks Sherman did and dropping her client for wrongthink, she stood up for them. I don't know what the person said, maybe they did praise Spencer's ideology. But just praising his style? Totally harmless IMO. Looking up pics, he does look dapper. Because guess what? You can be a shitty person and still have style. It's kind of odd that grown ass people have such a black and white view of the world.

Decided to go to Claribel's Twitter on a hunch and she's one of the pronoun people, as I suspected. Summer is some random variety of 'queer' who also calls herself a Disney cartoon, so we know her maturity level is lacking. Patrick isn't anything too weird (no weird pronouns and is biologically male) but the only stuff in his bio are IDPol shit. Literally half of the bio is him crediting the dA artist and the rest is all his oppression tags.

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Also here is Claribel's TikTok. I don't know how to archive TikTok videos, sorry.

TL;DR they cannot be listened to, they're alphabet people.
 
I mean, I've read quite a few things where Spencer is described as dressing well... As a description for how he helps lure people into White Nationalism by presenting himself as a normal and rational dude. You know, like, not to praise him?

But, no, no, explaining how the alt-right recruits is just abhorrent and real activism is not even acknowledging the successful methods of your enemies and how to avoid them.
 
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"Stormblessed" is a reference to Brandon Sanderson's character Kaladin Stormblessed from his The Stormlight Archive series. Just an FYI for people who actually have a life or who don't have a life and STILL don't want to read numerous blocks of cellulose running to 400000+ words. Alas, falling into neither category I've read more than my share. Can't really recommend him, can't really dis him. Reading his books is like eating the world's largest bowl of mashed potatoes. You're full to the point of nausea by the end, but you acknowledge you're gonna do it again at some point, probably sooner than you expect or plan.

Boggles my mind that a devout Mormon boi who is all about the Jesus who lets his followers be gods on their own planets gets such a pass from SJWs. Gotta think his time is gonna come, yet his popularity only grows and his books continue to sell. At least for the present. He's avoided making the mistakes his co-religionist Orson Scott Card did to this point, but we shall see. Co-authoring books with a harpy like Mary Robinette Kowal might protect him to a point? Offer him some camouflage?

Sorry for the ramble, but last night he did an hour long Praise Jesus thing on Facebook that I'm still trying to parse. The interviewer/Mormon elder looks weirdly like Mike Pence, FWIW.
If a copy has been ripped and uploaded elsewhere I can't find it, so faceborg is the only place I'm aware you can watch it.
 
And, was she making terrorist threats on those sites? Was she telling other people to commit murder or other crimes? If no, why is it worth firing her over?

From what I can gather, she did none of those things, she simply stated she likes the anti-censorship of those apps and is openly conservative. That is enough on Book Twitter to get your career the death knell. People are already calling her a Nazi.
 
And this is why I plan to do indie publishing. I had one to follow one person that got banned from Twitter. I never used it (save for reposting something one time in 2018), but never deleted my account. With all the talk I hear of 'morality contracts' that are retroactive, I don't want to take any chances. That's assuming I don't end up going under a pseudonym.

God, these people are demented.
 
I don't know why anyone would go on Gab after what we've seen from it but man this is just embarrassing. Could this hold up in court as unlawful firing?
Possibly in California ironically since there's laws that prevent being fired for political beliefs which IIRC were put there by lobbying from literal communists in Hollywood.
And this is why I plan to do indie publishing. I had one to follow one person that got banned from Twitter. I never used it (save for reposting something one time in 2018), but never deleted my account. With all the talk I hear of 'morality contracts' that are retroactive, I don't want to take any chances. That's assuming I don't end up going under a pseudonym.
Indie publishing basically shifts the challenge from getting noticed by an editor to whoever can do the best marketing for themselves but I'd assume someone who was actually enthusiastic about what they wrote could do good marketing for themselves.
 
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This just in: a literary agent just got FIRED from her agency for....wait for it....being a conservative and having a Parler account.

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A little more context: a Twitter account by the name of YAWhispers brought this to the agency’s attention, using a screen cap of a post from back in October of the agent stating that she started a Parler account because of censorship concerns. As far as I can tell, that’s all it took, along with other people hopping on saying that the agency needs to hold their employees accountable and blah, blah, blah. Absolutely no evidence that this agent was involved in anything illegal or actionable.
 
And this is why I plan to do indie publishing. I had one to follow one person that got banned from Twitter. I never used it (save for reposting something one time in 2018), but never deleted my account. With all the talk I hear of 'morality contracts' that are retroactive, I don't want to take any chances. That's assuming I don't end up going under a pseudonym.

God, these people are demented.
Ngl self publishing is likely not for me and I ain't touching the big five and don't want to attract The weirdos because my work could be considered Young adult and is a high fantasy thing.
So I guess Indie is a way to go. Any publishing houses you dig fellow kiwi?
 
I am getting such amazing Schadenfreude. Imagine knowing people are leaving tradpub in droves because it's not as appealing anymore, and still being choosy about who can join the 'cool kids club' AND then acting like you DO still have any trace of significant power. This is fucking amazing.

Ngl self publishing is likely not for me and I ain't touching the big five and don't want to attract The weirdos because my work could be considered Young adult and is a high fantasy thing.
So I guess Indie is a way to go. Any publishing houses you dig fellow kiwi?
Not yet, I'm still researching. It's hard to find anything that doesn't hate conservatives these days. Seems like anyone who does gets raked over the coals and thrown out quite quickly. I'm hoping one of the cancelled literary agents does something I can get in on.
 
I am getting such amazing Schadenfreude. Imagine knowing people are leaving tradpub in droves because it's not as appealing anymore, and still being choosy about who can join the 'cool kids club' AND then acting like you DO still have any trace of significant power. This is fucking amazing.


Not yet, I'm still researching. It's hard to find anything that doesn't hate conservatives these days. Seems like anyone who does gets raked over the coals and thrown out quite quickly. I'm hoping one of the cancelled literary agents does something I can get in on.
I'm not too worried about it since I generally don't go exposing my opinions under my real name as is lolol and I don't think I'm particularly conservative or libertarian so I really don't care too much so yeah good luck
 
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