RS, Author, Novelist on Nostr: npub1mfgp8…7zv6k To this day I insist that the characters were misogynist, not the ...
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To this day I insist that the characters were misogynist, not the story itself.
You don't mention the message of the story, but nevertheless there is a distinction, definitely. It's my worst fear publishing where commenting and reviewing is easy, that someone too dense to see that distinction will brand the work with a scarlet letter. I've encountered haters that just don't even want certain subjects broached, even when it lacks all gratuitous content—which defeats the purpose of feminist, gender fiction, or activist fiction that exists to warn or find empathy to move people to change. Haters are a danger being an author, and a good reason for pen names for different authorial content.
I'll approach this subject in an #EngenderedWriting writing prompt that mentions Wes Craven in a few weeks.
To this day I insist that the characters were misogynist, not the story itself.
You don't mention the message of the story, but nevertheless there is a distinction, definitely. It's my worst fear publishing where commenting and reviewing is easy, that someone too dense to see that distinction will brand the work with a scarlet letter. I've encountered haters that just don't even want certain subjects broached, even when it lacks all gratuitous content—which defeats the purpose of feminist, gender fiction, or activist fiction that exists to warn or find empathy to move people to change. Haters are a danger being an author, and a good reason for pen names for different authorial content.
I'll approach this subject in an #EngenderedWriting writing prompt that mentions Wes Craven in a few weeks.