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Megan Derr:
What's going on with you and Ryan Fields? I noticed you'd rated a bunch of books 1 star all in the same day. Is there something readers should know?
Megan Derr
A few days ago he made this post: https://ryan-field.blogspot.com/2022/...
Following something that happened on FB (a post I couldn't see, but have seen screenshots of). In that post, author Hal Bodner said that gay men should band together to pressure publishers into no longer publishing MM books by women.
https://twitter.com/meganaderr/status...
Ryan Field agreed with him. Shortly after he made the above post.
While I agree there is a discussion to be had about fetishization of gay men in MM Romance, I absolutely do not tolerate, to any degree, driving out an entire group simply because of their gender.
Moreover, Field and Bodner ignore that MM romance is not just straight women writing guy on guy action. It's many things to many people, including safe space for women, a place to explore and be themselves for queer people and people currently questioning who and what they really, and so much more.
Bodner and Field have proven they are not safe to be around. If they're this willing to go after fellow authors, there's no telling how much worse they'll be to readers.
Following something that happened on FB (a post I couldn't see, but have seen screenshots of). In that post, author Hal Bodner said that gay men should band together to pressure publishers into no longer publishing MM books by women.
https://twitter.com/meganaderr/status...
Ryan Field agreed with him. Shortly after he made the above post.
While I agree there is a discussion to be had about fetishization of gay men in MM Romance, I absolutely do not tolerate, to any degree, driving out an entire group simply because of their gender.
Moreover, Field and Bodner ignore that MM romance is not just straight women writing guy on guy action. It's many things to many people, including safe space for women, a place to explore and be themselves for queer people and people currently questioning who and what they really, and so much more.
Bodner and Field have proven they are not safe to be around. If they're this willing to go after fellow authors, there's no telling how much worse they'll be to readers.
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