#like i get that the author is american and might not know about it butidk casey you could do some fucking research

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being on this website right now is just like im being so brave by blacklisting the tags for a new movie thats very popular right now and not responding to any of the gifsets i still see of it with what is rightful criticism of it for being tone-deaf

#kai rambles #i just think that if the premise of you book/movie is that steeped in politics #you have to engage with them rather than kicking it under the rug and pushing it into another room #especially the queer history of both countries in relation to politics and one specific institution if it is a gay love story #and the political institutions in both countries are catalysts or components of the plot #if youre not going to actually engage with it and explore it in relation to your romance why is it even in your book? #its justa magnet on a fridge to make it look unique #and since its a gay romance its intrinsically linked to the politics you are not engaging with #gay marriage is not codified in law in america #and like maybe its being a queer brit who has spoken to people who arent terminally online baby gays #but i think its so fucking tone-deaf and honestly a little offensive to write a gay romance where one of them is a royal without #even mentioning princess fucking diana #you know the one who was post-humously honoured as a queer icon because of all the work she did surrounding aids #whete she famously held hands with an aids patient when most people didnt even want to go near them #where she set up trusts and charities and led campaigns to fund research into a treatment #where the queen didnt fucking support her and suggested she choose ''something more pleasant'' #she is a queer icon in britain and the royal family treated her like fucking shit and probably had her killed #like i get that the author is american and might not know about it butidk casey you could do some fucking research #i honestly think its disgusting to write a queer story about a british royal without even mentioning her and the impact she had