girlfriendluvr:

cassiusnightingale:

authoreli:

authoreli:

some people, apparently: consider the messages in your writing, and try to be ethical in the morals you might intentionally or unintentionally present to your audience!

this post all over my dash, about six miles long and full of pro-ship dogwhistles: PURITANISM. CHRISTIANITY. BLACK AND WHITE MORALS. IM GONNA SHIT RIGHT HERE ALL OVER THE FLOOR. WATCH ME

no, writing does not have to conform to a set moral standard, ever. no, writing should not exist purely to present a message or call to action. yes, it sucks when people use media to encourage dubious behaviour or beliefs. 

no, posts on writeblr encouraging you to examine how you discuss marginalised identities, how you present relationship dynamics and the messages you’re presenting to your (potentially very young) audience are not trying to take us back to the 1800s. no, your writing is NOT immune to criticism for spreading harmful rhetoric, even if that wasn’t your intention. 

nothing is black and white. hell, exactly zero of the relationships in everything I write are pure and unproblematic. but when they are unhealthy, it’s addressed and discussed, and i am very, very, very careful not to present these dynamics as palatable or attractive or desirable, because when you’re an author that publishes novels like i am, hey, you have to consider who might read them, and for all i know, a kid is going to pick up my books and get the wrong idea and it’ll hurt them. 

take on an ounce of responsibility for your own impact on those around you and realise that just because you don’t want to talk about problematic issues in a responsible manner, it doesn’t make you immune to critique, especially when discussing issues like marginalisation and abuse and trauma. grow up.

feel like OP’s tags are important too

additionally, i, a jewish person, have been called a “puritanical christian” for being anti-bad shit (ex. art sexualizing underage characters). i shouldn’t have to explain why it’s antisemitic to call a jewish person christian. i have seen this happen to many people.