Twitter Wars: #AskELJames
I am NOT a fan of 50 Shades. I think E.L. James and her publicists went into the Twitter “fiasco” knowing good and well what would happen. The author would receive a public thrashing and her fans would rise to defend her, resulting in massive sales. While I agree with the “poor EL” bloggers who say no one deserves to be publicly humiliated and insulted, I think her publicists set her up for this. The trolls helped her gain free publicity resulting in the sale of more books. It would have been far more insulting had her detractors stayed off the hashtag and turned her PR stunt into a non-event. As it stands now, EL is in a position where she’s been featured in multiple blogs and articles. This mess have paved the way for her become the poster child of anti-bullying. That’s the part that sickens me. She’s going to profit from something she (or her PR folks) set up, while those who are truly being cyberbullied are shoved into the shadows, making them bigger victims than ever before.
Originally posted on Maegan Provan, Author:
I understand that I tend to go against popular opinion, but I was so tired of seeing all of the “poor EL James” blog posts. This is all I am going to say about it.
Everyone seems to have an opinion about the explosion of anti-50 Shades tweets following a failed public AMA for EL James on Twitter under the hastag #AskELJames. While most people felt sorry for EL, I have to say that I honestly don’t. While a few questions were a bit outlandish, hundreds of those questions were completely legitimate. Questions about her feelings on condoning abuse; what she really feels about domestic violence; does she even view what she “wrote” as domestic violence? The list goes on and on. I understand that we as authors need to stand together, but don’t those that are victims of abuse, harassment, stalking, (etc), and those against it deserve to speak their…
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