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WORST BOOK TWITTER DISCOURSE OF 2020 VOTING THREAD This year really rivaled 2017 booktwt because y'all refuse to go outside or get offline and I am SO impressed!
Posting one round a day until we get a winner. Voting for each round is open for 24 hours.
This is directly inspired from this post: https://twitter.com/comedyunism/status/1342945620827533314
(1) Nora Roberts: "I have personally explained the process to you, Debra."
(2) J*ss Cl*ess: "REMEMBER JAMES BALDWIN?"
(2) J*ss Cl*ess: "REMEMBER JAMES BALDWIN?"
(3) Is Victoria Schwab underrated? (Ongoing)
(4) anything with the darkling or reylo i'm sick of all of it (Ongoing)
(4) anything with the darkling or reylo i'm sick of all of it (Ongoing)
(5) "don't post worst of 2020 lists because it'll hurt authors' feelings"
(6) "don't send editors emails at 10pm on a friday" which really took on a life of its own
(6) "don't send editors emails at 10pm on a friday" which really took on a life of its own
(7) booktwt/booktube vs. booktok
(8) "authortok sucks and your tiktoks are not funny"
(8) "authortok sucks and your tiktoks are not funny"
(9) white booktubers and bloggers getting dragged like. every day in may and june bc they were being racist
(10) rachael marie screenshotting a BLM video, posting it, apologizing, and leaving permanently
(10) rachael marie screenshotting a BLM video, posting it, apologizing, and leaving permanently
(11) "it's not my fault that y'all are too poor to buy books" when people asked for philippines donations
(12) when chip cheek tried to help y'all out by posting he got $800k for cape may and y'all DRAGGED him for a week straight
(12) when chip cheek tried to help y'all out by posting he got $800k for cape may and y'all DRAGGED him for a week straight
(13) sasha alsberg selling arcs on depop and forging signatures, including her selling a friend's arc for $7
(14) mackenzi lee doodling in author's books and signing them including writing "so girls. much war." on a book about child soldiers
(14) mackenzi lee doodling in author's books and signing them including writing "so girls. much war." on a book about child soldiers
MY FAVORITE: LAUREN MYRACLE
(15) lauren on a panel saying that white boys like her son desperately need representation
(16) lauren writing in said book a detailed description of what we have to assume is her son's penis, and "shimmy shimmy cocoa puffs" about a black girl
(15) lauren on a panel saying that white boys like her son desperately need representation
(16) lauren writing in said book a detailed description of what we have to assume is her son's penis, and "shimmy shimmy cocoa puffs" about a black girl
(17) an author saying that a blogger wrote a mean review when it was a short dnf, ironically tanking her goodreads reviews by two stars in ONE DAY
(18) an author coming out in the middle of BLM protests bc it would "go unnoticed" then when called out saying "sorry i'm very high"
(18) an author coming out in the middle of BLM protests bc it would "go unnoticed" then when called out saying "sorry i'm very high"
(19) brooklyn rey/tayslion donating $500 to a racial justice organization then IMMEDIATELY getting called out for ongoing racism and deactivating, then REACTIVATING to drag people and post random screenshots from dms?????
(20) kids are mentally unstable with no empathy
(20) kids are mentally unstable with no empathy
BONUS ROUND:
(21) y'all posting crotch, booty, and tity shots while wearing lingerie and posing with YA books
(22) "himbo is ableist"
(21) y'all posting crotch, booty, and tity shots while wearing lingerie and posing with YA books
(22) "himbo is ableist"
