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.
Oh, and the *reason* she adopted these false identities?
She was "cancelled" due to racist harassment and and ableist bullying of autistic people.
And apparently, as she gained success as Freydis Moon, she used her fans to dogpile critics.
https://karajorgensen.com/2024/04/21/a-vent-the-freydis-fiasco/
@tyghebright
That is so unethical. Other authors pull this crap and they are always exposed. Why do people keep doing this? 😡
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.
@tyghebright Rachel Dolezal?
Heh.
Not quite. She's not claiming to be trans-racial. Just creating a persona along with a pen name and lying outright.
Previous names she's used have been Taylor Barton and Brooklyn Ray. Not sure which (if either) is her real name.
@tyghebright @sfleetucker It's a fucked up situation
Oh.
I'm now also seeing she claimed to be autistic. Probably as much a lie as the rest.