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	Comments on: Reading the End Bookcast, Ep.85: Problematic Authors and Josephine Tey&#8217;s Miss Pym Disposes	</title>
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		By: CoolCurry		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I really liked the section on problematic books -- the point about mental arithmetic is really true. I&#039;ll usually try to account for that when I&#039;m recommending the book, usually by doing something like linking to a review that discusses the book warts in all. 

It&#039;s always important to remember that different people can like different things and that what might be a dealbreaker for me isn&#039;t for someone else. I have some friends at college who really love Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I didn&#039;t care for the book at all and thought it had some underlying issues with sexism (and racism and homophobia according to people who&#039;ve read the sequels). I don&#039;t want to tell them they can&#039;t enjoy those books! Especially since the people I know who really love them are queer women of color who I&#039;m sure they would acknowledge those issues if brought up. But I&#039;ve been seeing a lot of hate for that author and series on twitter that often will extend to the fans as well. It generally makes me uncomfortable since I think it&#039;s falling into this black or white thinking that&#039;s harmful. Plus, I generally don&#039;t believe in saying something on twitter that you wouldn&#039;t say to someone&#039;s face.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really liked the section on problematic books &#8212; the point about mental arithmetic is really true. I&#8217;ll usually try to account for that when I&#8217;m recommending the book, usually by doing something like linking to a review that discusses the book warts in all. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s always important to remember that different people can like different things and that what might be a dealbreaker for me isn&#8217;t for someone else. I have some friends at college who really love Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I didn&#8217;t care for the book at all and thought it had some underlying issues with sexism (and racism and homophobia according to people who&#8217;ve read the sequels). I don&#8217;t want to tell them they can&#8217;t enjoy those books! Especially since the people I know who really love them are queer women of color who I&#8217;m sure they would acknowledge those issues if brought up. But I&#8217;ve been seeing a lot of hate for that author and series on twitter that often will extend to the fans as well. It generally makes me uncomfortable since I think it&#8217;s falling into this black or white thinking that&#8217;s harmful. Plus, I generally don&#8217;t believe in saying something on twitter that you wouldn&#8217;t say to someone&#8217;s face.</p>
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