Some mealy mouthed guy: “shut up about politics and just write your books.” Me: “My dude, what makes you think that my books are any less political than my social media posts?” - ThreadSky

natania.bsky.social • 99 days ago

Some mealy mouthed guy: “shut up about politics and just write your books.”

Me: “My dude, what makes you think that my books are any less political than my social media posts?”

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metaweta.bsky.social•98 days ago

I love it

strident-feminist.bsky.social•98 days ago

Answer: He doesn’t read/comprehend anything longer than 150 characters

bristlebeard.bsky.social•97 days ago

Damn, now I gotta read some your books...

gothm0m.bsky.social•98 days ago

literally like 🤨 my book is about a revolution, it IS political

minnesota-2024.bsky.social•98 days ago

You go girl!

stephens.website•97 days ago

Well, yeah. The next step is to tell you to stop writing books.

martti.bsky.social•98 days ago

HAHAHHAHA my books are rank politics. The bizarre pOliTiCs of women being people and saying NO. But like in a funny way. And with too much menstruation.

suzea68.bsky.social•98 days ago

When we people realize that books ARE political.

choster.bsky.social•99 days ago

lol. Yeah. I'll never understand those guys. How can they be so uncritical and unobservant when reading?

thisisntgabe.bsky.social•98 days ago

Politics or politically driven narratives are just really fun to write about

12adcatghost.bsky.social•97 days ago

Also, name something that's truly apolitical. Like, try to. Almost everything is political to some extent!
Try writing an at all believable world without inserting politics, then talk to the author, not before!

appleberryvape.bsky.social•98 days ago

You underestimate his ability to compartmentalize

natania.bsky.social•98 days ago

I know, I know.

thx1964.bsky.social•98 days ago

Hmm. If you write books, you can't have a political opinion?
Weird.

brucecoffman.bsky.social•98 days ago

Ain't that it! I sneak that shit in!

benjaminwrax.bsky.social•97 days ago

That’s a very good point. Even seemingly apolitical books can be very political. You can write a political fantasy or horror story if you want. It’s all about the message. Package it any way you like.

emmadanielnews.bsky.social•98 days ago

The Chicks’ “Not Ready To Make Nice” is a great song to scream-sing in these times 🤠💙

jaydradawn.bsky.social•98 days ago

A non-political novel, but Jayd- shit, that's a trans woman's pen name. 'A non-political'- fuck, that's centrism. 'A novel, by Websters de-" No, language is politics. 'Novel' by Member of Humani- Shit, racists don't consider others human...

'Novel' by
"There was a person. Something happened. End."

cristallineclarity.bsky.social•98 days ago

It’s the shut up and dribble crowd that always gets me worked up and upset. Such entitlement.

Like, bro, nobody tells you how to be a jerk, let me do my thing my way, ‘K?

solvseus.bsky.social•98 days ago

Rs: free speech!

Also Rs: entertainers and athletes shouldn't be talking about politics!

noroomforgloom.bsky.social•98 days ago

I’m pretty sure that anyone who hatefully says “just write your books” has cracked more beers open than books.

natania.bsky.social•98 days ago

My favorite thing when I mention stuff like this is people saying “you made this up.”

Gaslighting is so pervasive.

drgeoffreym.bsky.social•98 days ago

Them: "You made this up!"

You: "Do you not understand the concept of 'writers?'"

drwillsey.bsky.social•98 days ago

I mean, at least they acknowledge the power of your creativity. But what would you have possibly gained from making this up?

dougventures.bsky.social•98 days ago

I don’t see how people can say you make this up because if any media has anything people don’t like the chief complaint is “enough with the politics”

natania.bsky.social•98 days ago

which part of my feminist, queer, anti-toxic masculinity fantasy retelling doesn’t feel political? Haaaaaaa

serendipityblue.bsky.social•98 days ago

You had my support, but now you have my enthusiastic interest 😅

*Those* are going on my Christmas list.

bjarvis.bsky.social•98 days ago

Ahh Nietherford, where men can be men.

So long as they don’t bother the Witch

beebostands.bsky.social•98 days ago

The thing is...does needing to add each political bullet point detract from your true art of story-telling? If you were to just write a book with zero political considerations do you think your narrative could enrich its scope or no? Im just curious I could never write. Just seems like it would.

dancerartistgeek.bsky.social•98 days ago

I think you're assuming she approaches it like a checklist, trying to shoehorn them all in.

Instead, the political content likely emerges naturally from her personal interests and worldview.

modernminstrel.bsky.social•98 days ago

Followed and first book ordered.

tw33tzr4kidz.bsky.social•98 days ago

Everything is politics. Thomas Mann.

riley37.bsky.social•98 days ago

That same guy said the same thing to Karl Marx, and before that to Niccolo Machiavelli. He never learns.

dmkrispin.bsky.social•97 days ago

Well, you can't possibly be political! You're just a dumb ol' girl! It makes you so unattractive! 🙄

I'm surprised he didn't make a kitchen/sandwich "joke".

azulko.bsky.social•98 days ago

Get twice as loud, and write even more!

bhiggles.bsky.social•98 days ago

now, lemme eat my biscuits

allenwriter.bsky.social•98 days ago

Same here. I weave social commentary into my books

davejnick.bsky.social•98 days ago

Did you have a look through his posts to make sure they were all about his job?

thebeardednuisance.bsky.social•98 days ago

I never understood what makes a mouth mealy other than it being an insult

suannelqr.bsky.social•98 days ago

That twerp wouldn’t know the first thing about living in the world with all empathy circuits on full blast while keeping one’s well of experience full. 🤦🏻‍♀️

bayrsd.bsky.social•98 days ago

But they don’t talk! 😇

pnw57.bsky.social•98 days ago

Yeah according to trumpets only unemployed truck drivers or boys living at home are qualified to post about politics

chelchell.bsky.social•97 days ago

Books are inherently political. You can’t separate the two.

katarzynaokelo.bsky.social•98 days ago

I have perfect quote for this occasion from "Why I write" by Orwell

tftb.com•98 days ago

Because, you know, he does secretly read your books.

mdgranny.bsky.social•98 days ago

The whole point of my posts is so your mean spirited ass realizes you don't get to tell other people what to do or how to live...

wantofaname.bsky.social•98 days ago

he'd have read books to know that...

xboxwidow.bsky.social•98 days ago

That’s how you can tell someone doesn’t read books….

zaccarman04.bsky.social•98 days ago

What kind of non-political art do these chuds actually like? I can’t think of a single decent work of art that is completely devoid of politics.

billbodabbinz.bsky.social•98 days ago

I can provide you with plenty of art that is devoid of politics.

zaccarman04.bsky.social•98 days ago

Lol no you can’t. Either you just might be too ignorant or too stupid to recognize what is political about it, or it’s just meaningless schlock that is more consumer product than genuine art piece.

billbodabbinz.bsky.social•98 days ago

Actually there's plenty you should also add thinking your smart than you are to your list too.

zaccarman04.bsky.social•98 days ago

Go ahead and cite some then, chief.

billbodabbinz.bsky.social•98 days ago

You have the very first plane ever built are mechanical marvel for its time that's art, have the Mona Lisa, people on boardwalk at the beach that make the amazing pictures with spray paint never have i seen a political painting from those guys just forests and and pictures of space.

aquadelphi.bsky.social•98 days ago

I would’ve asked, “Do you read? Can you?”

emotionalblackmail.bsky.social•98 days ago

What happened to freedom of speech? They preach about it so often until someone says something they don’t like 🗣️

amandaleescherle.bsky.social•98 days ago

They don't want freedom of speech in its true form. They want to get away with hurting people verbally and otherwise.

ellemnopas.bsky.social•98 days ago

🤣

jasesdesouza.bsky.social•97 days ago

Why can't they just shut up and go away?

omniotics.bsky.social•98 days ago

Empathizing with others to build an empathy following:

Human attention is so hard to manage. We think we get to choose which books we ignore but somehow we don't get to do the same for our lives?

We are context dependent.

tkniest.bsky.social•98 days ago

The operative word in your reply is “think.”

bronze-dog.bsky.social•98 days ago

Nope, never shut up about politics. Engagement is key, anyone trying to stop that is preventing you putting across your views, and that's poison to a democratic society.
Where does this 'shut up' horseshit come from? I absolutely hate it.

ak-karl.bsky.social•98 days ago

The shut-up response comes from people that got caught in a lie or run out of intellectual content to toss back at you.

korcks.bsky.social•98 days ago

Conservatives will always be what they are, but this whole "stay in your lane" schtick annoys me. It doesn't make sense. I think it's their way of expressing frustration that they are a vocal minority and everyone they like or wish they could engage with opposes with them.

midcentury-mom.bsky.social•98 days ago

Same guy: "Why don't gurls like me? boo hoo"

pauljessup.com•98 days ago

obviously he's never read you!

researcherintraing.bsky.social•98 days ago

What they mean is ‘don’t insert politics that I disagree with or disparage over’

natania.bsky.social•98 days ago

Exactly!

jondomqueen.bsky.social•98 days ago

consistently baffling that people look at any art and go, "ah, entirely devoid of politics"

stephenpersing.bsky.social•99 days ago

I'm always amused/saddened at anyone who thinks politics is separate from any other part of life.

natania.bsky.social•99 days ago

Especially like… creatives!? What do you think fuels my writing!?

stephenpersing.bsky.social•98 days ago

Exactly. Politics is the energy of a society in motion. It can't be separated from anything.

ak-karl.bsky.social•98 days ago

You can’t apply politics to fishing because fish don’t care whose hook they bite on.

stormwyrm.org•98 days ago

Final Fantasy 7 for instance is so successful *because* it is a not very subtle parable of hyper capitalism and its exploitation of nature. But of course the lot of them are philistines and even such overt political messaging goes over their heads. 🤦‍♂️

sybersmoke.bsky.social•98 days ago

There is enough room on this planet for all kinds. Just as there is enough room for all views, perspectives, and an occasional banana taped to a wall.

amyhoy.bsky.social•98 days ago

a man telling a woman to shut up isn’t political, of course

v3ndettaval.bsky.social•98 days ago

Sounds like a typical misogynist 🤬

antonjpierce.bsky.social•98 days ago

Everything is politics

zingpod.bsky.social•98 days ago

WORD on the streets

ramrca.bsky.social•98 days ago

😂

2thineownself.bsky.social•98 days ago

It amazes me that people tell authors, celebrities, etc. to stay out of politics. Politics affects everyone, so everyone has a vested interest in it.

johnnyrode.bsky.social•97 days ago

Literally what I am doing, writing in three genre, all connected and all with a heavy doze of politics.

#6'Elon

tmshannonauthor.com•98 days ago

You should see the anti-capitalist takes in my WIP

And that's after I cut a very anti-capitalist chapter out - so scathing it got me riled up

anoneysnufftan.bsky.social•99 days ago

Social media posts are shown to a lot more people who don't actively seek them out though.

ajboelen.bsky.social•98 days ago

He might have just liked your books more then reading your opinion here, because when reading them, there is no distraction and he can drown himself in mystery …
But then he might have put it more friendly.

lonelyfornowlol.bsky.social•98 days ago

books? not being political? is this dude only reading one word stories or????

rc007.bsky.social•98 days ago

Nice crack of joke!!

handle.invalid•97 days ago

It’s also funny because the people who say that are always people who barely made it through high school and can’t tell you what the word “authoritarian” means; yet they think that somehow makes them *more* qualified to talk about politics.

zubba.bsky.social•98 days ago

No one should shut up about politics. It affects us all. Everyone should care about politics. We are in this position right now because not enough people cared about politics.

tyrotcm.bsky.social•97 days ago

I hate politics, but I'm very political. It's a necessity.

1crabtasticbroad.bsky.social•97 days ago

hey! take the win... Mister Mealy knows you are an author :)

blackwind13.bsky.social•97 days ago

Writers are the exact kind of people who, when told "don't write about that," will write a trilogy about that just because they don't like being told what to write.

chrissnow91.bsky.social•98 days ago

It's good when they tell you to shut up that means they stopped laughing at you. Now they try to fight you, and then you win. (Ghandi)

errincs.bsky.social•98 days ago

I’m going to guess he’s never read even one!

rupertramsgate.bsky.social•97 days ago

Ah, the famous "shut up and dribble" shut-down cliche, recycled.
Said dude should take a long walk off a short pier.

dcviper.bsky.social•98 days ago

When has fiction ever not been social commentary?

sigrid-gormsson.bsky.social•98 days ago

Last night i told some incel troll who was trying to debate me on my own post bcus he wntd to “own a lib” & i told him he was and ultracrepidarian and a gillygapus and i was not going to get into a debate with him so that he could delude hmslf thnkng he won me, he tld me “i bet ur cute”

sigrid-gormsson.bsky.social•98 days ago

I threw up lil im my mouth literally…
I’m as queer and gay as they come, men jst give me heeby jeebies, cPTSD & all tht…
I ended up blckng him he was a creep. Only rsn my guy friends dnt gve me the heebies is cus ive lrned i knw i can trust thm

foolishnesspodcast.bsky.social•98 days ago

It’s like I’ve been saying. Young American men voted for Trump because they believed he would make politics go away. Go away from their movies, books, video games. They care more about escaping into fantasy than the real life consequences people other than themselves will face.

foolishnesspodcast.bsky.social•98 days ago

To add, it wasn’t the border. It wasn’t the guns. -and I’m telling you, it wasn’t even the economy. They wanted us to stop talking about politics. Which is why we can’t let up now. We have to be vocal until normalize our “politics”. -Because they’ll fight, and hate anything that isn’t “normal”.

morgan-moon.bsky.social•98 days ago

People's attitude towards authors is getting super annoying lol. But this makes me especially irritated.

mordim.bsky.social•98 days ago

Someone should buy him the game called "Diplomacy"

blackwind13.bsky.social•97 days ago

That requires multiple players and necessitates you know, actual diplomacy (as in, talking to each other. What? It's not "Risk." You don't amass armies and roll dice) None of which he has.

rewinn.bsky.social•98 days ago

Does anyone think that all those Shakespeare plays about English Kings where not political?

If it was good enough for Shakespeare....

ericbikes.bsky.social•97 days ago

"Thanks for letting me know I have one less mouth-breathing purchaser of my books"?

Same guy rocks out to We're Not Gonna Take It brought to him by guys in lisptick and makeup. 🥸

tech-52.bsky.social•98 days ago

Obviously not a free speech absolutist.

jeffcross5000.bsky.social•98 days ago

I’m shopping a Tom Clancy spoof right now and boy is it political.

pix-3ll.bsky.social•98 days ago

I judge people so hard when they say that books aren't political or anything among those lines

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geniuslemur.bsky.social•98 days ago

For some reason, "shut up about politics and entertain" is never applied to James Woods, Kelsey Grammer, or Arnold Schwarzenegger.

aramintajade.bsky.social•98 days ago

Or J. K. Rowling, or Graham Linehan or 45/47. In fact, they seem to love it when celebrities get political. They also like to claim that criticizing their idols is the same as saying "shut up and entertain".

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