"don't be political online if you want to sell books" my gender marker is political, my use of a restroom is political, my very existence is political. And this is to say nothing of the fact that the horror genre is political and my fiction is expressly political. I'll say what I damn well please. - ThreadSky

kellywarner.bsky.social • 166 days ago

"don't be political online if you want to sell books" my gender marker is political, my use of a restroom is political, my very existence is political. And this is to say nothing of the fact that the horror genre is political and my fiction is expressly political. I'll say what I damn well please.

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dovegrey09.bsky.social•165 days ago

Books and writing in general are inherently political. I don’t think I’ll ever understand people who can’t grasp that. Especially horror.

markmagnuson.bsky.social•165 days ago

Having a president secretly be a serial killer is my kind of story...but probably not far from reality. I mean, I know RFK ate someone on a dare.

pryvycyxyz.bsky.social•165 days ago

saelliott.bsky.social•165 days ago

Most fiction is political but not everyone gets it.

peprideaux.bsky.social•165 days ago

kim-korbyn.bsky.social•165 days ago

When I find supportive politics from a writer I am far more likely to check out and buy their work, because I feel better about the odds of not finding support of problematic stuff in their stories.

kim-korbyn.bsky.social•165 days ago

I like to support authors who speak out. Creators have been doing this forever, it's not a new thing. Direct anger to those those who've made basic rights a controversy, not the ones who feel called to say and do something about it. ❤️

foo.sx•165 days ago

To quote the great Skunk Anansie: everything's fucking political

foxgirlgouwu.bsky.social•166 days ago

I wonder what it's like to not be political. 🤔

iris7039.bsky.social•165 days ago

Friendly reminder that human rights aren’t a political issue, it’s a morality issue. Don’t give monsters ground to stand on

hax.io•165 days ago

I don't know where the original is from but:

There are two genders. Male or political.
There are two sexual preferences. Straight or political.
There are two races. White or political.
There are two religions. Christian or political.

etc.

cyanlol.bsky.social•165 days ago

*finds book in a bookstore* “Hold on a sec, I need to find this author’s social media profiles to make sure they’re not political”

kellywarner.bsky.social•165 days ago

I mean, true fair

redfraggle77.bsky.social•165 days ago

That gets you a follow from me x

synthwhoa.bsky.social•166 days ago

The people who say that are always a little bit guilty about how shitty their politics are and they don't like being reminded of it.

kellywarner.bsky.social•166 days ago

YEP.

blackwind13.bsky.social•165 days ago

I'm trying to figure out why anyone would tell a writer to censor themselves.
Writers are the exact people to respond to "don't write that" by writing an epic trilogy about that.
Don't confuse "quiet" with "meek."

alexdwrites.bsky.social•165 days ago

Or writing an epic trilogy that gets universal praise from the selfsame people - who never noticed it was about what they censored. That would be the ultimate satisfaction, and it's a trick Shostakovich is rumoured to have pulled off with his 5th symphony.