Currently reading Claire Kilroy's Soldier Sailor and remembering the feedback (not just for my work) at a conference with agents that no one wants to hear about angry mothers or domestic rants... 😏
@MarinaSofia8 There was an article in Die Welt recently where they said that researchers had come to the conclusion that these kinds of books are responsible for less and less women wanting children.
@MarinaSofia8 We cannot grow up as a race until the reality is heard - not just the good bits. Because our institutions have fallen for the lie of sweet Madonnas with a smile tending perfect children. Anything less is deemed a female failing 😎
@MarinaSofia8 When someone is telling you what no one wants to hear from they shouldn’t be in a position of influence over what people hear.
@MarinaSofia8 That's Medea and the best episode of Gumball out of the window then. youtu.be/jVZzN7OPW9w?fe…
@MarinaSofia8 That would be the very thing that would make me pick up the book! (Also I loved Soldier Sailor).
@MarinaSofia8 I'm reading this - yeah makes you think about all the books rejected on similar basis - women - other underrepresented/ marginalised groups still being silenced by the male gaze.