Oh, now you're just trollin'

[inverarity]

"OUT is a novel that is too controversial for the traditional publishing world."

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[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

That's disgusting. Where the hell is this bizarro, conservative-ish "reverse oppression" BS coming from?

[inverarity.livejournal.com]

Well, as it turns out, she claims otherwise (http://www.preblebooks.com/apps/blog/reading-beyond-the-surface).

From reading her blog, apparently she is a liberal and a supporter of gay rights.

But this seems very poorly conceived.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is incredibly poorly conceived. But I think I get the sentiment from her blog post that she wants to do a role-reversal thing, but a lot of people will miss the point, especially if it's not well-written. She's essentially demonizing homosexuality by trying to make that experience more accessible to white, straight, upper-middle class readers. *facepalm*

Still, it does remind me of a small-group exercise I participated in during a Gender Studies class I took in college: we had to figure out how society would be structured if homosexual relationships were the default. It turns out many, many facets of society would have to be radically altered for that. One novel can't cover it all without being a gigantic doorstopper.