Recently I read a book that was a ghost story featuring a nonbinary person and a trans man as the protagonists. They developed a sweet relationship, and I thought they were both well written. Their gender was part of the story, but not central to it.
It was, ostensibly, written by a young nonbinary person of color.
Over the weekend, I found out that the author, Freydis Moon, is actually a middle-aged cis white woman.
And I feel betrayed.
1/2
I had to sit with it for a couple of days to process my reaction.
If I had known who she was from the start, I would have been fine with that. I would have thought that she did a great job with the representation in the book.
But that she was misrepresenting herself? Doing brownface and whatever the gender equivalent is?
It makes the lovely relationship feel dirty. Exploitative.
Apparently this is the second or third time she's done something like this.
@tyghebright
That is so unethical. Other authors pull this crap and they are always exposed. Why do people keep doing this? 😡
@TomeReader
Ego and insecurity.
But yeah, they always get found out. And this author, specifically, has been found out before. They must be addicted to the drama.