Reading more and different interpretations of a thing you want to better understand is always good. When you think about other people’s opinions of a thing you like, it introduces you to new information. Even when you’re reading opinions and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really just want to make pro-censorship fans sit down and watch the 2002 film “Equilibirum”.
The average, every day person has the same tools to oppose censorship as they have to oppose every injustice. Refuse to be silent about it. Speak up about it. Don’t let voices who champion censorship and oppression go unopposed. Point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend. I have some news that you probably won’t actually like. “Queer coding” is when a writer gives a character culturally stereotypical gay traits, but the character isn’t actually said out loud to be queer, or allowed to do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 You don’t have to write for a specific audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for any audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for mass market appeal. 💖 You don’t have to know who your audience will be.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moderation is only relevant in a setting where rules of moderation are imposed. For example, no one in the publishing industry is forced to publish a book that doesn’t conform with their rules. That’s moderation. However if the government attempted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stop using the word “criticism” as a shield to excuse yourself when you attack and harass writers on a personal level. Saying “you, the author are a monster, and your fiction is destroying society” is an attack, not a literary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve never said that they’re not, and it’s fascinating and telling on yourself that you would suggest that I have. I am a constant advocate for real, deep media analysis and media literacy. What I am not an advocate for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listen. I don’t believe that seeing acts of evil glorified or romanticized in fiction causes human beings to choose to do evil. But even if I did believe that, I still believe that any amount of censorship of art and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you genuinely believe that people should be allowed the choice to do good or to do evil? Or do you actually believe that people should have no choice but to act in a way you personally consider moral. Because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Censorship of some topics in fiction and art is good and I would be happy if it were to be enacted in a way I approved of” and “some things should be banned from ever being written or read about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You cannot blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you want them to by holding your approval hostage. I mean both: you have a social obligation not to attempt to blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is no reason to hold fanfiction to an imaginary moral standard of censorship that doesn’t apply to published media. Any horrible, twisted, taboo material you can find in fanfiction, you can find in published novels, movies, games, etc. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
new film adaptation of The Godfather that’s an awkward black comedy starring Michael Cera as Michael Corleone.
Here’s the thing about the argument that fiction the argument that “fiction that portrays bad evil wrong things as good will result in the audience believing that bad evil wrong thing is good in real life.” When fiction impacts us,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
reading The Godfather and I really miss in modern fiction the dramatic tension of nobody having cell phones or even answering machines. like holy shit.
✨ Write and read the stories that you want to. ✨ Write and read the horror and violence that you want to. ✨ Write and read the romance that you want to. ✨ Write and read the ships that you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesss!! I will organize my thoughts better later, but so far I have been really enjoying it!! The prose has this really sensual and luxuriant way of lingering over things (vices, especially). Warning that there IS some graphic sex in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy World Book Day to you and everyone! Today we’re reading The Godfather! XD
The world is never worse for having your fiction writing in it. Every story you choose to tell and share improves the world a little bit.
If you see a post promoting freedom of artistic expression and denouncing censorship and your first instinct is that OP must be a pedophile and that you need to attempt to discredit their post with the same kind of ‘child[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
☝️ Writing in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act does not mean that you believe it is good or should be allowed in real life. ☝️ Reading in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I don’t enjoy. ♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I think would be better if it was different somehow. ♠️ I believe in your right to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ “Shipping” characters means that you are interested in the idea of what it would be like if characters were involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. ❣️ Shipping something does not mean that you think that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“But why would you want to imagine, read or write about a relationship that wasn’t healthy, good or desirable to you personally?” I genuinely don’t know how to explain the concept of fiction to you.
Actually, friend, freedom of expression does mean that it’s okay to ship anything you want. It’s imaginary. It’s not real. ☝️ You’re not obligated as a writer to exclusively write about healthy, normal relationships and sane, moral actions. ☝️ Fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anne of Green Gables is so charming! You have very good taste! I think choosing one favorite book would be like choosing a favorite child– I simply cannot! So here are a few of my favorites: Children’s lit: The Doctor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I started reading very you and grew up largely reading books written from 1890-1920 and from 1960-1985. And that’s still the time period of literature that I’m most satisfied reading in. 🤷
rokurodokuro: Any other old coots on this website miss the days when books had hooks on their back covers instead of just reviews and gibberish that sounds like a fanfic summary? I basically avoid this problem by not feeling compelled[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi anon! Thank you for asking this question. I’m going to answer it in a kind of grumpy tone, but I promise I am not grumpy at you! is it okay to depict unhealthy relationships in fiction (ie minor/adult) when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fictional stories and inside your imagination are the only places where you explicitly do not have to be responsible, careful or thoughtful of others. Do whatever you want in fiction and your imagination forever. No one is harmed. You are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“You shouldn’t write that because readers might think that it was okay to do in real life.” A person with secure morals will never be convinced to do harm by a mere piece of fiction. “Okay but mentally ill people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don’t have to interact with a piece of fiction that you know will be upsetting to you. If you interact with a piece of fiction despite knowing it might be upsetting for you, don’t fucking blame the author about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♥️ It’s okay to write or read about sex and romance. ♥️ It’s okay to write or read about sex without romance. ♥️ It’s okay to write or read about romance without sex. ♥️ It’s okay to write or read[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why do you believe that people have such fragile morals they will be corrupted by a piece of fiction? Are your morals that fragile? Why do you believe that reading fiction about harm will cause the people who read it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✏️ There is no reason to assume that an author’s intention with dark elements and evil characters is to sway their audience into believing that those things are good. ✏️ There is no reason to assume that every dark element[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
someone said: “I don’t want to live in a world where people write nasty fiction about (insert horrible thing here, such as murder, rape, csa, etc)…” ☝️ Understandable, but we all live together in a world where all of these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of all– the binary “for horror” vs “for romance” idea is completely fake. Just take a look at the slasher villain fandom. You can put elements in for horror all you want and people will still be turned on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🖤 Your story idea is not too weird to write or share. 🖤 Your story idea is not too self-indulgent to write or share. 🖤 Your story idea is not too embarrassing to write or share. 🖤 Your story idea[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Absolutely true, anon! In fandom, with recent fanworks, it is often possible to reach out to the author and ask them if certain material is in their fiction. Sadly, with older fanfic, and with printed media the author might not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Write the fiction that you want to write. 💖 Write any fiction that you want to write. 💖 Don’t let other people discourage you from writing the fiction that you want to write. 💖 You are never a bad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ There is nothing wrong with writing or enjoying the type of fiction that appeals to you. ✨ There is nothing wrong with writing or enjoying mary sues, obvious author self inserts, or overpowered protagonists. ✨ There is nothing wrong[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My preference when it comes to fiction is to be following the protagonist not because I like them as a person– –but because I have desperate need to find out what the fuck is wrong with this twisted creature and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 You don’t have to justify the types of romantic relationships that you write or enjoy in fiction. 💖 To restate the above– you do not have to justify your ‘ships’. 💖 The types of romantic relationships you write or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the pre-modern novel addresses you as ‘dear reader’ 😭💕
“This romance novel damaged my delicate woman brain and now I need to have my innocence restored via paternalistic medical braindamage.” WOW THAT SOUNDS SO PROGRESSIVE! Lets hear what John Kellogg, inventor of cornflakes and noted hater of masturbation has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe you should stop “consuming content” and try “engaging with media” instead. Reframe your interaction from passive consumer to active participant in the media you engage with.
👏 Yes, “fiction affects reality.” 👏 But you are responsible for your own actions. 👏 Shifting blame for your actions from yourself onto a third party (fiction) is an abuser tactic to deny responsibility for causing harm. 👉 Thoughts and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If your problem with people banning books is that they are banning the wrong books, you are just a different flavor of authoritarian. Source: xxharryosbornxx