My own interest is pequed, and I generally don’t read much published after about 1960 (too little time to suffer through contemporary lit that may or may not be remembered past the publication). 

your joke is bad and you are bad.

That’s my read too from “early to mid October.”

So many feels.

I saw the covers, and immediately thought Nope. Nope. Nope.

Yeah, those covers are honestly what has kept me from reading. Time I got over it.

I mean, she’s given interviews before that made it pretty clear that she was a woman, so I don’t think that “is Elena Ferrante really a man?” was a question that interested the guy who doxxed her.

I really hate this idea that supporting an individual’s work entitles you to access into their identity and private lives, or that being successful means that a person owes the world at large information about themselves.

You acknowledge that yours is an “incredibly unpopular opinion,” but did you ever ask yourself why it is?

The author has an agent and a publisher; both are recognized avenues to reach an author. Anything else is rude or unprofessional.

Writers have always used pseudonyms though. Being an author is not the same thing as being on a reality show.

The future you’re helping to build by reenforcing this ethic is a fucking nightmare and I want no part of it.

1. Fuck you

There’s a distinction between wanting your art to receive attention/appreciation and yourself to receive attention/appreciation. It’s cruel to insist that every person who wants their expression to be heard must also open up themselves, even against their own wishes. It’s not necessary.

No. Artists create art for people to enjoy. Beyond that they don’t owe people shit.

Bullshit.

That is so fucking vile.

I’m incredibly sorry to read that. But not shocked.

Fuck every pro gun idiot out there. Fuck you all in your stupid gun owning faces. Take your NRA spin doctors & lobbyists and just fuck on off.