...and we need more rape-free fiction. Seriously.
HERE you will find her account of a question she got from a... person, let's leave it at that, and her very classy and restrained response to said question, and her declaration that she will Never Do That To Her Characters. If you're like many of the (hundreds! ye gods!) of commenters so far, you may be very very tired of the amount of rape-as-character-development and rape-as-backstory that shows up in Urban Fantasy and other fiction, and you might be happy to know that Seanan's books will never blindside you with it.
There y'go. Don't say I never tell you anything good. (By the way, Seanan also writes awesome zombie-filled novels under the name Mira Grant, and I'm pretty sure all her stuff is available on Amazon. Just sayin'.)
HERE you will find her account of a question she got from a... person, let's leave it at that, and her very classy and restrained response to said question, and her declaration that she will Never Do That To Her Characters. If you're like many of the (hundreds! ye gods!) of commenters so far, you may be very very tired of the amount of rape-as-character-development and rape-as-backstory that shows up in Urban Fantasy and other fiction, and you might be happy to know that Seanan's books will never blindside you with it.
There y'go. Don't say I never tell you anything good. (By the way, Seanan also writes awesome zombie-filled novels under the name Mira Grant, and I'm pretty sure all her stuff is available on Amazon. Just sayin'.)
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I unapologetically love romance novels. But it can be hard to find the good ones, because the blurbs on the back and covers are so tightly controlled by the publishers that they're always very generic. So about once every 8 months or so I will send out a call online for recommendations. I always say 'I want funny and light, I especially like epistolary or things involving food and cooking. etc, etc. Do not rec me things with rape, that is not what I'm looking for. I don't care if it's handled sensitively. I don't care if it's integral to the plot. I don't care if it happens to the men instead. DO NOT WANT.'
And every fucking time someone tries to make me read Outlander. NNNNGH.
And with comics! My mom is into archery, and she's always looking for cool girl archer stuff, like Katniss or Medira. I'd love to give her comic books with archers. But I don't want to give her rapey things. And both DC's Mia and Marvel's Kate have rape backstories. WHY? WHYYYY? WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS???
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