Published work is not your writer’s group. If you want to leave a bad review, there are places to do that. Thinking the author wants you to *contact them personally* to tell them you don’t like their work is both egotistical and incredibly rude.
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Do you know where there’s this whole possibility that you could not enjoy something AND YET ALSO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT?
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Had a whole conversation yesterday about a growing discomfort with the aspect of fandom where there is a power dynamic between creator and fan as opposed to a choice to write and a choice to read where nobody owes anybody anything. It’s really creeping me out a bit.
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I think of the price you pay for a book or film like the entrance fee to a museum. You are not paying *for* the art. You’re paying to get to SEE the art. Whether you LIKE the art does not factor in.
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who tf wants to hear some rando stranger's hot take on their published book
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Gonna tell this person personally and seriously how I feel about their outfit every day
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oh nooooo
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Fuck no!!
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But if you must, do it on twitter so we can point and laugh at you.pic.twitter.com/p6o8j2wSez
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