Now sure, some of that comes from her position and privilege as an accomplished writer. So when I heard earlier this year that fabulous writer Roxane Gay pulled her next book from Simon & Schuster in protest of their publication of notorious hate-monger and internet harasser Milo Yiannopoulos, I reacted as if someone had announced that they were turning down an invitation to Oprah’s house: You did what?Īs a first-time author, I was in awe of the passion and integrity it took to say, “Nah, I refuse to let you publish my work because of my values.” ( S&S later decided to cancel Milo’s book, following additional scandals.) When I mention it to her in our conversation, however, the Bad Feminist author swears it wasn’t a hard or big decision at all. The accomplishment ranked up there with my wedding and that time, after avoiding going to the dentist for two years, I finally did and miraculously had no cavities. When I received the contract from Simon & Schuster with my name on it, I cried tears of joy. Last fall, I signed my very first book deal.
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