It's sad to hear about stories like this... I've even seen reviewers score films higher because they included certain kinds of representation. Nothing wrong with having the representation, but it doesn't increase (or decrease) a film's merit!
It's nice to not be famous. Nobody looks at my work much, but that has its benefits. I can publish things like one of my recent short stories, like the one that comments on religious trauma and features a protagonist who is a gay but devout priest, without seeing pitchforks.
If it's any hopeful news, that piece, in particular, was reviewed by both an online writing community and some folks at my Church, including those from very progressive worldviews and deeply Christian ones you'd expect to see furious, and all just gave me an honest, writing-technique-focused, critiques.
It certainly feels like a miracle, but I believe there are enough sane folks out there for us to be able to get out of this cultural rut.
Truthful minds think alike:
The three ways itemized by Ted correspond to propaganda, censorship, and persecution as itemized here:
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-four-sins-of-thawteffery/
Ha -- right you are, Dan. And fascinating piece
It's sad to hear about stories like this... I've even seen reviewers score films higher because they included certain kinds of representation. Nothing wrong with having the representation, but it doesn't increase (or decrease) a film's merit!
It's nice to not be famous. Nobody looks at my work much, but that has its benefits. I can publish things like one of my recent short stories, like the one that comments on religious trauma and features a protagonist who is a gay but devout priest, without seeing pitchforks.
If it's any hopeful news, that piece, in particular, was reviewed by both an online writing community and some folks at my Church, including those from very progressive worldviews and deeply Christian ones you'd expect to see furious, and all just gave me an honest, writing-technique-focused, critiques.
It certainly feels like a miracle, but I believe there are enough sane folks out there for us to be able to get out of this cultural rut.
Thanks for getting the word out, Ted!
Thanks Margo and you're very fortunate to get honest feedback from people with differing points of view.