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Maybe, but by definition fiction is madeup, & if authors only wrote what they know personally there wouldn't be many books in this world.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Not always...I'm opposed to restricting the creative process like that.
So am I, people can write whatever they like. By invoking that they have their right to write whatever they like, they give me that right too. The right to object to it.
People can write whatever they like, but writing is never without impact; sometimes real world impact in changing a person's view of a particular societal group of people.
No work of known and disseminated media, let alone literature, exists in a vacuum.
If you prefer "real world" views, maybe you should stick to non-fiction? I think The Maid is a mean-spirited book & Molly's behavior is deplorable, but it's fiction so it doesn't change my view of "a particular societal group."
I think authors have a responsibility to depict people accurately. If this book was about a person of a different race and relied on stereotypes, that would be irresponsible as well as being a bad book. If you derive enjoyment by making ND people into 2-dimensional caricatures, you do you, but it's irresponsible and ableist.
So...you liked or didn't like it? I can't tell.
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Maybe, but by definition fiction is madeup, & if authors only wrote what they know personally there wouldn't be many books in this world.
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Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Not always...I'm opposed to restricting the creative process like that.
So am I, people can write whatever they like. By invoking that they have their right to write whatever they like, they give me that right too. The right to object to it.People can write whatever they like, but writing is never without impact; sometimes real world impact in changing a person's view of a particular societal group of people.
No work of known and disseminated media, let alone literature, exists in a vacuum.
If you prefer "real world" views, maybe you should stick to non-fiction? I think The Maid is a mean-spirited book & Molly's behavior is deplorable, but it's fiction so it doesn't change my view of "a particular societal group."
I think authors have a responsibility to depict people accurately. If this book was about a person of a different race and relied on stereotypes, that would be irresponsible as well as being a bad book. If you derive enjoyment by making ND people into 2-dimensional caricatures, you do you, but it's irresponsible and ableist.
So...you liked or didn't like it? I can't tell.
