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Shes fine for teen girls, Nelson said.
But definitely not up to the level of Common Read.
So I became involved simply so I could stop them from ever choosing Sarah Dessen.
And now you have a nemesis.
This kind of thinking is what leads to gender discrimination in publishing, Picoult continued.
To not speak up about this incident isnt just demeaning to Sarah.
Its demeaning to women, period.
Less discussed on Twitter by Dessens supporters were the books Nelson preferred to Dessens.
Nelson studies linguistics specifically, online harassment.
The irony has not evaded me, she wrote.
I can summarize my experience as the following, she wrote.
Thomass book, The Hate U Give, was the Common Reads 2018 pick.
It was written for TEEN GIRLS, Thomas tweeted.
Dont make any of my books your common reads since my demographic is beneath you.
We really needed to make it clear that we were not against that genre.
He added, And empathy is not a wrong thing to show.
Back in 2016, Dessens book,Saint Anything, was just one of 52 considered for selection.
It wasnt an especially contentious year of debate.
There wasnt a lot of discussion of Dessens book, Fouberg said.
Its powerful and transformative.
By Thursday, after the university had apologized, the backlash to the backlash was in full swing.
If your life and career is about young people, youd know thats bullying.
Yall come on,tweetedTressie McMillan Cottom, a 2019 National Book Award finalist.
Its a student on a common book committee.
Its a thing that stings to read but it is not a political statement.
This is so wrong.
Update: An hour after this article was published, Dessentweetedan apology.
