Bullies of BookTok

No commentary. No opinions. Just barking back, one bully at a time. Links/suggestions welcome (Tag #BulliesOfBookTok)

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Whatever you do, don’t read the witchcraft book that says transwomen can’t practice witchery because that one is ‘incredibly damaging.’

All righty, then.

#BulliesOfBookTok #TransWitchesAreTransWitches

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Something about vampires and pigmentation loss and racism.

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@SFbookclub @Hilmarsdottir70 😆

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Taylor Jenkins Reid

Summary:
All of your characters must match your own racial/ethnic group.

#BulliesOfBookTok #ProblematicAuthors

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@Hilmarsdottir70 We only pull the best for our followers. 🙇‍♂️

Over 500K views on that one, by the way.

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Grousers of Goodreads notes the high probability that several books on this list have been rated ‘Worst of All Time’ by 15-year-old students forced to read them for an English lit course.

Because who else would include Fahrenheit 451?

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🚨 Our sister account, Grousers Of Goodreads, has just reported a list of ‘Worst Books of All Time’

Featured titles include:

Eat, Pray, Love
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Book of Mormon
Animal Farm
Anything Stephenie Meyer ever wrote

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https://t.co/8lXu5Dtqez

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JK Rowling / HARRY POTTER

⁦Calling @jk_rowling’s⁩ Rita Skeeter “literally a parody of a transwoman” when transwomen are literally parodies of women. 😒

#BulliesOfBookTok (in a car)

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Chloe Walsh / KEEPING 13

And this is why we don’t advise drinking and Booktokking at the same time.

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Marissa Meyer / THE LUNAR CHRONICLES

Sometimes the rant just won’t wait until you find that perfect background…

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LJ Shen
Jamie McGuire
KD Robichaux
Danielle Lori
Kristen Granata
Cora Reilly
Dana Italy
Serena Akeroyd

“bullying, racism, terrible fan behaviour, & general assholery”

“Do not defend them or you will be blocked”

#BulliesOfBookTok #InACar

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“What I want to do is address my fellow white people”

This girl is about to school us in assessing whether our follows are diverse enough. If they aren’t, “the work starts now.”

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@blablafishcakes 😂

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“Stop leaving comments (on my social media page) if you disagree with my book recommendations.”

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Or is it demigods of BookTok now?

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@missedith01 Team BofBT is not optimistic about that second question.

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Ali Hazelwood - THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS

“I’m a bookworm and a woman in STEM. I dug my master’s degree out of the closet to show you my credentials.”

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@whistledown_X Seriously. What’s up with that?

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“The LGBTQIA+ community has taken to TikTok, sparking a viral boycott movement. This powerful, grassroots response highlights the influence of Gen Z and Millennials”

Team BoBT: “Your viral video has 1,044 views”

When you haven’t any real news, you make it up.

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What’s ‘problematic’ is when no explanation is necessary.

Everyone is expected to KNOW why stuff is ‘problematic’.

James Patterson
JoJo Moyes / ME BEFORE YOU
Delia Owens / WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
Donna Tartt / THE GOLDFINCH

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@missedith01 Ha!

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👀 Nearly a half-million views 👀

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@SFbookclub Done.