#i checked this yrs reading and ive literally only read 1 specfic book written by a guy

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soooo patronising whn people talk about like “making an effort to read more books by women/BIPOC” like its a chore & those reading challenges where the other entries are like an actual feature of the book and then its “read something by an AOC (author of colour)” and like “read something not published in the US” idk chief if reading interesting novels with fresh perspectives is like a challenge to you that you have to labour through so u can make a patronising tweet abt it and get back to reading branderson sanderson’s 980th book youre the weakest link to me

#BIPOC their term not mine bc thats always the term ppl use in that context lol #like as a SFF reader my reading is naturally 'diverse' because women & poc & non-western authors like...create more interesting worlds... #i checked this yrs reading and ive literally only read 1 specfic book written by a guy #and 0 by white guys #but its not intentional i just like didnt want to read another ambiguously medieval europe swords and sorcery novel with utterly boring #character relationships