tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post3957462801777882017..comments2023-08-11T06:56:09.226-04:00Comments on Bites: Stand Up For What's Right - On Your Own TermsDonna (Bites)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-3882349721999924022010-01-22T03:00:17.815-05:002010-01-22T03:00:17.815-05:00Excellent post Donna and I totally agree! There ar...Excellent post Donna and I totally agree! There are many great causes out there that need support and attention but I don't want to be bullied into joining. This is such a supportive community and almost everyone is helpful and kind. I enjoy doing for others and I don't mind being asked to help but it will always backfire if someone tells me that I have to do it. You definitely are not a failure!Wrightyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234033570150645504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-23886336209942298872010-01-18T13:59:35.463-05:002010-01-18T13:59:35.463-05:00When people are passionate about an issue it is ea...When people are passionate about an issue it is easy for them to get swept up in it and not understand how the rest of us aren't equally as angry or vocal.<br /><br />Whitewashing is terrible. However, we each need to protest/complain in our own way and not force others to be the way we want them to be.Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-52209753481322267142010-01-18T11:35:20.375-05:002010-01-18T11:35:20.375-05:00Hey Donna!
I think you certainly have a point, ab...Hey Donna!<br /><br />I think you certainly have a point, about being able to do whatever you want on your blog. I think I interpreted the whole thing a bit differently, not as chastisement, but as a sincere wish to get people thinking/posting about the subject. I understand definitely how it could be seen in a different light/tone though.<br /><br />Honestly, I think whitewashing is something bloggers/readers should be aware of. But as an activist (in another life) I know you draw much more people to your cause with positivity. I think people react better when they are "encouraged" to post about something, rather than 'called out' to post about something. I mean, essentially both phrases ask for the same thing, just one carries a positive connotation and one carries a negative connotation. <br /><br />I don't really see this issue as failure on the behalf of YA bloggers, but as unawareness of the issue.April (BooksandWine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15268544465552896599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-55083334313667200072010-01-18T09:51:25.313-05:002010-01-18T09:51:25.313-05:00Thank you, Jenn! It just irks me when people insi...Thank you, Jenn! It just irks me when people insinuate that I've somehow failed because I haven't reacted the way they feel I should.Donna (Bites)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-75162181463696451032010-01-18T09:50:19.282-05:002010-01-18T09:50:19.282-05:00Thanks, Star! The thing with book covers, though,...Thanks, Star! The thing with book covers, though, it is a collaborative effort to create one. The artist gets information on the book from the editor and they base the cover on that. If information is purposefully omitted in the process, someone's at fault. I don't think it's blatantly racist but I do believe that publishers function on a whitewashing mantra. The majority of the reading public is white. They ass/u/me that white reading public would be less inclined to pick up a book with a PoC on the cover so they slide it under the rug. Those covers go through multiple approval sessions as well, being sent out to the author and agent prior to getting finalized. The thing is, the author and agent need to make a huge stink and totally validate their claim for a cover to be changed, otherwise it won't be touched. The publisher might not view matching a cover model's skin tone to the author's vision as being too important. No, I don't think it's blatantly racist, I just think it's ignorant, which isn't much better.<br /><br />Thanks, Rebecca! I'm the same way. I actually thought about it last night and the last time I went to the book store, I wasn't looking so much at the covers as I was the titles. Those were bringing me in more. I know other book bloggers rate the cover but it's such an inconsequential piece of the story for me that I don't bother. I have no doubt I would have looked over something like this had I read the book. Doesn't mean I should be berated for it either, though.<br /><br />That's not contradictory at all, MA! Getting the word out about a cause is one thing. But telling other bloggers that they've failed and then expecting them to cross over to the cause is not the way to go about doing it. Reading reactions I don't think anyone is being purposely negative to other bloggers. The ones that are taking action are genuinely pissed at the situation with the publisher so they just go at it and don't think how their words are coming across to others. They think they might be rallying the masses without understanding how many different ways their words could be read. Like the people in PETA, they're passionate about what they do but their words and actions don't translate to the best connotations for their actions.<br /><br />I agree, Briz. It definitely is a heat of the moment thing with these bloggers and they mean well but they're not thinking about what they're saying so they end up blanketing statements and insulting a large number of people which wasn't their intention but it happened anyway. I love that people have passion but they need to think before they hit post.<br /><br />Thank you, Wilow! And you're welcome! :)Donna (Bites)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-6802322287736073872010-01-18T09:40:58.430-05:002010-01-18T09:40:58.430-05:00I TOTALLY agree, you rock! :) Way to put the way I...I TOTALLY agree, you rock! :) Way to put the way I, well I think a lot of us, was feeling into words - great post! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02863724079356830367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-36074187561279302002010-01-18T09:37:39.132-05:002010-01-18T09:37:39.132-05:00I totally agree with you! You said everything I ha...I totally agree with you! You said everything I have been feeling in the last 12 hours in a way I could never have put into words myself.<br /><br />Thank you Donna.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09270697355082230752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-38501099072834874962010-01-18T04:01:43.259-05:002010-01-18T04:01:43.259-05:00It makes me sick, these bloggers calling out other...It makes me sick, these bloggers calling out other bloggers like that. Just because it's a big deal to them doesn't mean they have to be rude about it. Calling attention to it would be the better idea. <br />I do support PETA, but I totally agree with you, there, too. I hate all of their "Hate Protests," as I call them. Hurting other people is never the way to get them to come around to your point of view. Sometimes I, too, feel like throwing red paint at people wearing fur or even leather; it just makes me so angry. But I would never actually do it, because in the end it accomplishes nothing other than pissing someone off. <br />Which is what it sounds to me like these other bloggers have done. Just pissed people off.brizmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163313230550265190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-17616637371602557602010-01-18T02:56:28.518-05:002010-01-18T02:56:28.518-05:00I agree 100%! I'm glad to have found the blogg...I agree 100%! I'm glad to have found the blogging community because people can be so supportive and everyone has different veiws that are interesting. I hope no one is being negative to other bloggers about this issue, but I don't think it's negative to ask other people to speak out about it. Does that sound contradicatory? lolMissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-12204363186600230742010-01-18T02:28:45.267-05:002010-01-18T02:28:45.267-05:00I agree with you completely! Magic Under Glass was...I agree with you completely! Magic Under Glass was a book I did read and enjoy, but I don't believe I mentioned the cover at all in my review. Because my review was of the story inside and I honestly wasn't even paying attention to the cover at that point. To me my blog is to share my enjoyment of the books I read. It's not to fight over issues like this, that's not what my blog is about, if others feel strongly about awareness for issues like these more power to them, I admire them for standing up for what is important to them, but not everyone wants their blog to turn into an advocacy blog.Rebecca Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045279026055038231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-35465923603872891282010-01-18T01:43:12.600-05:002010-01-18T01:43:12.600-05:00Very nicely put Donna, I agree with you completely...Very nicely put Donna, I agree with you completely! What people fail to realize is that a lot of these publishing companies don't necessarily read the book, and most get there cover illustration work out of house... by someone again.. who doesn't read the book, they get a few lines most likely of a synopsis and the title and they have to do their work out of that. <br /><br />Now, don't get me wrong because I agree on the whole diversity thing, but I think people fail to realize, people are just doing there jobs, as they are told to do it. <br /><br />Also, is there actual proof that they are being racist? Or was it completely an oversight?<br /><br />Anyway Donna you are right, our blogs are our own words not the voices and opinions of your followers and everyone is obligated to have their opinion, but they shouldn't chastise others because they don't stand up and do it the way you want it done<br /><br />I'll shut up now lol!ReaganStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06633962254181172571noreply@blogger.com