@BillyBones Wow, a quote from her that doesn't make her sound like a snotty gatekeeping asshat. First one I've seen. I do NOT miss my writing buddies sharing her quotes (usually in outrage) on Twitter.
@BillyBones She's one of the good bad guys. As in wrote the Handmaid's thing which yay, but also likes to say shit like what "real" writers do, and shares opinions trashing entire genres. Also does some stomping on the toes of non-white writers by saying things, but don't remember the details.
@tippitiwichet Handmaids thing? @BillyBones
@stueytheround @BillyBones A Handmaid's Tale, I think? Praised for feminism/pro-choice (I think they have breeding slaves?) but I avoid it due to the outcry from writers of color.
https://blackfeministcollective.com/2018/12/08/why-the-handmaids-tale-is-problematic/
@stueytheround @BillyBones Okay, I think that was Atwood. So I don't remember a specific Oates thing except trashing sci-fi and fantasyas "not literature". Pardon my worn out brain.
@tippitiwichet That's ok. I wasn't sure if you might have been referencing something different 🩵
@stueytheround @BillyBones Just checked to make sure I wasn't confused again, saw Oates hailed as "the queen of hot takes" and she's also gone after crime fiction (no good writers in it) and singular they.
@stueytheround @BillyBones Omgs and people who use skeletons in Halloween decorations as not being sensitive to people who have ever grieved. No wonder Bob the skull and I are rubbed the wrong way by her. Forgot about that fiasco, lol.
@tippitiwichet Hot takes are very often no better than luke warm.
@tippitiwichet Oh seriously? I have no idea who she is, I just found it funny, especially in light of what I've just gone through with some old friends 👍