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mermaidsirennikita · 2 months ago

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I just don't think an author should edit the racist (or otherwise problematic) shit they wrote out of an edition of their book, let the other editions go out of print, and not at least leave a note acknowledging that they made the edits because they wrote something problematic and they apologize, but if you're buying this book you should probably know that it had content you may find offensive.

#romance novel blogging #people are discussing the kleypas edits again and i'm just very tired of my fellow whites going #'but see i don't wanna read that racism! i'm glad she's editing it out'#lol like..... maybe the issue is less the edits and more the lack of ownership...?#maybe the edits when made without a note suggest less of a moral motive and more of a 'make the books sellable' motive #and it's probably SOME OF BOTH #god knows i can't speak for her #but if you don't admit you did something and attempt to erase it idk man will never sit well with me #(AND KEV AND CAM ARE STILL WEIRDLY WRITTEN!!!!!)#idk i also think that people especially white people need to sometimes reconcile w the fact that authors we love #have often written shit we don't agree with #especially if the author has been working forever #and i say this as someone who loves kleypas's books #i'll also say that the depiction of joyce in my favorite kleypas book dreaming of you is messed up!#there's some really weird homophobic shit that happens when she threatens to SA sara to see what derek was getting out of her #i would rather know that was in there than not

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