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I have tried to let this shit go all day, but I am peak annoyed on two fronts now.
And quite frankly, it is the end of 2020. We started this year getting folks the fuck out of Romancelandia. Let's end it the same way.
Let's talk about why Andrew Shaffer's defense is racist af.
And quite frankly, it is the end of 2020. We started this year getting folks the fuck out of Romancelandia. Let's end it the same way.
Let's talk about why Andrew Shaffer's defense is racist af.
So backstory from where I come in
Now imagine you are Black in this year of our pandemic overload 2020.
George Floyd has been murdered. Breonna Taylor has been murdered and still hasn't received justice.
There are so many hashtags from just THIS YEAR.
George Floyd has been murdered. Breonna Taylor has been murdered and still hasn't received justice.
There are so many hashtags from just THIS YEAR.
And a mutherfucking white man, from his position of privilege, has the gotdamn gall to type this.
He has crowned himself the gatekeeper of what's okay to write about white people parading as Black.
He has crowned himself the gatekeeper of what's okay to write about white people parading as Black.
But I guess he would know having written about Barack Obama in some crime story.
A very popular fictionalized book about our first and only Black president.
But, whatever. That's not even my sticking point.
A very popular fictionalized book about our first and only Black president.
But, whatever. That's not even my sticking point.
He has insinuated himself into Romancelandia. He's been invited to the cookout by way of his wife.
Now, I'm not going to drag her but I have feelings that she ain't snatched him up by his collar.
Now, I'm not going to drag her but I have feelings that she ain't snatched him up by his collar.
All I'm saying is he has been showing his ass all day. Spouting very racist shit that's not even a dog whistle.
He's an honorary member of Romancelandia.
Escort him the fuck out.
He's an honorary member of Romancelandia.
Escort him the fuck out.
If we want Romancelandia to look like the world we know, we cannot give this pass.
He wants some random white guy to write his Rachel Dolezal screed.
He could have just shut the fuck up. It's free.
He wants some random white guy to write his Rachel Dolezal screed.
He could have just shut the fuck up. It's free.
Now he's butthurt bc some writer with a problematic ass life story that he wanted to sell for money deleted their account?
In this very moment, Breonna Taylor's killers are walking free.
Yet, he's willing to die on the hill of a white guy who pretended to be Black?
In this very moment, Breonna Taylor's killers are walking free.
Yet, he's willing to die on the hill of a white guy who pretended to be Black?
So outside of letting him know he is not welcome in these here parts anymore, I want you to go out and buy romances written by people.
I want you to go out and review their books.
Don't just show your support in tweets. Show it in tangible ways.
I want you to go out and review their books.
Don't just show your support in tweets. Show it in tangible ways.
Bc in Romancelandia we will always have these people until it is economic suicide to do anything but go to the damn source for stories that only we can tell.
Until it is second nature that we become not only the go-to content creators but the gatekeepers.
Until it is second nature that we become not only the go-to content creators but the gatekeepers.
Now I am going to go and try to take a few calming breaths, but if you appreciated this emotional labor, you can buy me a ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/melissab
