tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297348781647351823.post8586145434735174730..comments2023-07-08T05:19:33.011-07:00Comments on Quest Reviews: Thoughts on the YA Twitter Exposé and Bad DialogueBaldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778518749902115166noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297348781647351823.post-45305992602284160882017-08-08T11:03:23.000-07:002017-08-08T11:03:23.000-07:00To be honest, I don't think the article was to...To be honest, I don't think the article was too bad. There have been times when I haven't put in my opinion about a certain book because I don't want to face backlash. But shouldn't a discussion about why a book is problematic happen instead of people just denouncing the people reading the book, or the author and book itself? I feel like there are just times when the book community in general realizes that a book is problematic and just completely shun it. Like for the case of The Continent or Carve the Mark. Many people have said that both have underlying racism and Carve the Mark is triggering for self harm. But can't problematic books like those actually help us realize that there is underlying racism that some people aren't aware of? I'm sure that the authors and the team that went behind publishing those books weren't trying to be racist, and it was more because of the society we live in where racism is a constant theme, whether it be in your face or not. Seeing the YA community tear down books or authors when they weren't trying to do any harm is disheartening. We talk about being accepting, and then yet the community can't forgive?<br><br>The one thing that the article didn't do right (in my opinion) was ask permission to use people's tweets. Yes, tweets are public, but in such a controversial and hard-hitting article like this, it must have been shocking to find themselves mentioned. <br><br>Thanks for making a discussion post about it! Many people are just on twitter ranting and I actually wanted to see someone's full thoughts on it.Genni @ Ready, Set, Read!http://readysetandread.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297348781647351823.post-65276567976226325262017-08-08T11:30:02.000-07:002017-08-08T11:30:02.000-07:00Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, Genni...Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, Genni! I agree wholeheartedly with you. We can express doubts, disagreements, and disapproval in a manner that facilitates a productive conversation. I know we have it in us! Full-on boycotting a book and leaving terrible reviews (without reading the book itself) is turning out to be so unproductive. <br><br>Your point that Rosenfield was wrong to directly quote and screenshot tweets is something that I agree with. Those tweets probably were not written with such exposure in mind. "Shocking" is the right word to describe what it would feel like to be mentioned in that article for everyone to see and examine. When I wrote this post, I wanted to quote a few tweets, but I refrained from screen-capturing the actual tweets or mentioning their authors, despite being very critical of them in my writing. I suppose someone could search for the tweets I mentioned, but I hope they don't do that. <br><br>Again, thanks so much for leaving your thoughts. I appreciate it so much!Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297348781647351823.post-59666181396733989452017-08-08T13:04:45.000-07:002017-08-08T13:04:45.000-07:00I missed all the drama and I'm glad I did. I s...I missed all the drama and I'm glad I did. I so don't need unnecessary drama in my life, social media or otherwise. More often than not I find that I have to not read what authors and even some book bloggers write on Twitter because more often than not it changes my opinion of them and sadly that isn't always a good thing. In fact I've unfollowed quite a few authors because of it and some I've even stopped reading their books. It just isn't worth it sometimes to participate in stuff like that. It usually just saddens me more than anything else.kindlemom1http://myguiltyobsession.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297348781647351823.post-14231380589473412492017-08-08T13:53:12.000-07:002017-08-08T13:53:12.000-07:00You're telling me, Ali. I don't really bel...You're telling me, Ali. I don't really belong to YA Twitter, so usually I hear about all the drama, days or weeks or months later. This latest controversy was the rare instance that I saw things unfold in real time. I almost always disagree with what's going on. Usually when a book gets skewered for being problematic, it makes me pick it up so I can read it and make up my own mind. But even doing that is criticized by people.Ellennoreply@blogger.com