A few days ago, I wrote a post detailing the far-left bias in traditional publishing; this bias is so pervasive that anyone even slightly non-extreme leftist must go indie to have a career at all. Now, from the UK, we have a report (archive) that stories about traditional masculinity will be avoided.
The reasoning given is that such men are dangerous to women, and thus the publishers must motivate boys to be safe and non-sexual; #MeToo and #TimesUp are cited as inspirations for this new direction.
On a Twitter thread (archive) discussing the headline, two female authors note with dismay that publishers of romance will no longer accept Alpha Male leads because allegedly, they are not what modern audiences want.
If my previous post didn’t convince you that publishing isn’t politically biased, this one should. You’ll have to search for indie-published and small-press works if you want to read something other than far-left propaganda. That is what publishing is in the modern day now.
While you’re here, pick up Sword & Flower. It has a masculine hero and a feminine heroine, two things sure to make a major US or UK publisher squirm with agony.
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