this is why demanding flawless representation from every piece of media, and trying to police who writes what based on identity is a huge fucking mess
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The publisher is now threatening to sue her btw,
Checked on this, the company issued a formal apology where they admitted they assumed the author was straight because she “presented herself as straight”
She literally told them she was bisexual in the query she submitted
I know, that’s what makes this even worse.
That publishing company is such bullshit lmaooo
“No other authors will receive any constructive feedback from us” lmao what a baby
“We put you gays and lesbians on the purity pedestal and, when you really think about it, this “bisexual” (Whatever that means) is really to blame for making us realize you people fuck.That’s why we were wrong.“
“She isn’t posting pics of herself making out with every person of every gender on Instagram, so she is obviously just a straight looking for attention :/”
This song has been old for a while and it keeps getting older.
That wasn’t constructive feedback in the first place. “You’re not gay enough to write this story” and “it’s obvious you don’t know what you’re doing” are not constructive criticisms; they say nothing about what, specifically, was done poorly nor how it could be improved, which is the ENTIRE GODDAMN POINT of constructive criticism.
Fuck them and the moral high horse they rode in on.