[ SECRET POST #2337 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2337 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

No matter what the internet and tumblr will have you believe, most people still go with certain traits to define what is masculine and feminine. And masculine men will not be caught dead reading a feminine looking book. Hell, I am a woman and would not want to be caught reading some romance novel looking book.

[poisonenvy]

Seriously. And, I like to consider myself pretty proudly nerdy, and the covers of the Wheel of Time books a) put me off reading them for a long time, and b) made me mildly embarassed to read them in public once I did start reading them (so glad my ex made me start reading them).

I'm... definitely one of the people who judges books by their covers and titles (also refused to read Harry Potter for a few years because "Harry Potter" is pretty much the worst title ever).

[(Anonymous)]

God, the WoT covers were bad.

Gosh.

[(Anonymous)]

The rest of us go outside and interact with people too, you know. Like, most people in the world live in southeast asia and aren't buying Marian Keyes novels. But some people, I would hope a good number of people, have bigger priorities than worry about people thinking they're *weak* or *girly* because they're reading a book with a sunrise and cursive script on it.

I'm not actually sure how this was a response to that post, but it was dumb anyway. Being ashamed to be caught reading something not because it is badly written, or shallow, or stupid, but just because it appears traditionally feminine is sad.

[(Anonymous)]

But it is the reality of our world. Boys get picked on (from boys AND girls) for liking feminine books.

[manifold]

Even if you have the guts to, prepare for everyone around you to make stupid assumptions. Back in high school, I was reading The Second Sex in an edition that had this ~pink cover~ and ~flowery cover text~ and EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS LADYPORN.

While it does have some explicit quotations from various interviews, diaries, and Anaïs Nin, still preeeeetty sure it would not pass muster as a bodice ripper.