It sounds like she is trying too hard to make sure that the biracial and bisexual stuff is obvious in the text and not just in the subtext. But just because a certain writer who shall not be named claimed a character was gay when there was no mention of it in the text doesn't mean that all queer characters have to stand up and state their identity just to make sure the the reader gets it.
It sounds like Reid and her editors are afraid that if characters don't state these things out loud, they won't get all the representation brownie points.
Absolutely, great insight, write a bi themed book please Lux, it’d be great I’m sure -
Your insight reminds me of people trying to use the Irish word ‘craic’ which on the face of it translates loosely as ‘fun’, but really is something much more akin to a feeling of deep cathartic bonding that is not accessible unless you have lived through the pain of an oppressed Irish upbringing - 😂
It sounds like she is trying too hard to make sure that the biracial and bisexual stuff is obvious in the text and not just in the subtext. But just because a certain writer who shall not be named claimed a character was gay when there was no mention of it in the text doesn't mean that all queer characters have to stand up and state their identity just to make sure the the reader gets it.
It sounds like Reid and her editors are afraid that if characters don't state these things out loud, they won't get all the representation brownie points.
Absolutely, great insight, write a bi themed book please Lux, it’d be great I’m sure -
Your insight reminds me of people trying to use the Irish word ‘craic’ which on the face of it translates loosely as ‘fun’, but really is something much more akin to a feeling of deep cathartic bonding that is not accessible unless you have lived through the pain of an oppressed Irish upbringing - 😂