Entry tags:
Gatekeeping
I very rarely screenshot a tweet and save it to read and giggle over later, but this one from last spring I absolutely did:
(I used to be indifferent to the fact that Kirkus reviews are anonymous. These days, I consider it a basic job requirement, having watched a YA author try to get their followers to doxx me — the reviewer of their book, that is — on twitter. YA twitter is a cesspool.)
My very dear Sarah:
— Ruth Graham (
The indications are very strong that YA Twitter shall find my post overnight—perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.
Our movement may be one of a fepublicroad) March 5, 2019
(I used to be indifferent to the fact that Kirkus reviews are anonymous. These days, I consider it a basic job requirement, having watched a YA author try to get their followers to doxx me — the reviewer of their book, that is — on twitter. YA twitter is a cesspool.)