[ SECRET POST #6155 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6155 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oof, I can see why this is a secret, but I kinda get it. I don’t have that reaction to books featuring Black characters or other POC, but I do get mildly annoyed when an important social issue is shoehorned in. That actually happens with books that aren’t about POC too and I never quite get it. It’s like the author had to get on a soapbox to talk about LGBTQ+ rights while the characters are fighting vampires or something.

But there’s a difference between that and the book bringing up racism because it informs the character’s experiences and world view and all that jazz.

At the same time, as a POC myself, sometimes I just want to read a fluffy romcom where the girl’s biggest problem is choosing between two hot guys and not racist cops or immigration issues.

[(Anonymous)]

So true. Same for fat characters or characters with a disability. Just make them normal characters in a story.

I like diverse fiction but I don't like messagey fiction. I'll read nonfiction for that.

[(Anonymous)]

Why is it always "messagey" when people write their experiences and not the white cishet experience...

[(Anonymous)]

Not everyone has those experiences, though.

Like, as a queer person, I can't relate at all to stories about queer angst because when I came out to my parents, my mom's response was "Okay, if you get a girlfriend instead of a boyfriend we're still expecting you to bring her home for Thanskgiving." Some of us would like to read stories like that, where being queer/fat/disabled/POC isn't a source of angst.