Marni Bates

(She/Her) YA author of Awkward, Decked with Holly, and more! Fully vaccinated and masked.

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

@Virginia_Brasch I straight up support of a fireworks ban. A random kid aimed a firework at my home and burnt it down on the 4th of July. They upset animals, veterans, start forest fires, house fires, create burn victims and amputees and for what? A few oohs? Not worth it.

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

I also regularly hike in the woods alone. Always more worried about a man than a bear. Also, one of the worst feelings is when you see another woman ahead of you and you don’t want to startle them because you know that instinctive fear that it’s a man sneaking up on you.

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I legitimately saw a black bear last night and my first thought was, “omg, how did you know I was Team Bear?” I stayed in the car and admired him and made it home safely because he didn’t try any human-level unhinged crap. But yeah. Even seeing a bear on my street. #TeamBear

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@novaren Oh shit. Three of mine, including my autobiography. So they are literally stealing my past to ruin my future. This is some next level bullshit.

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@aliciabooks @TransworldBooks That’s bloody brilliant! ❤️🥰🥰

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@TessaDare I used Simply White in my apartment and really like it! According to everyone who saw my paint samples, it was almost identical to Chantilly Lace. 🤣👍

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@aliciabooks Squeeeeeee!!!!!!

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

@aliciabooks Eeeeeeeeee!!!!! So well deserved! I love it!

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@aliciabooks @BerkleyRomance @KristineESwartz @Bradford_Agents @bradfordlit Listening and loving it right now!!! Congratulations Alicia!!!!

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And what @Damonalbarn has demonstrated is that no matter how transparent @taylorswift13 (or any woman) is about her craft, there will always be a man who implies that she didn’t really make it. That someone else is behind it.

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

The Purity Test for *Female Creators was invented to make it nearly impossible for their work to be seen. They have to be the creator, lyricist, composer, pianist, singer, director, publisher, and marketer (+MORE) or it doesn’t count.

(*also applies for POC and LGBTQ+ etc.)

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

Yeah, I lied. I’m not done tweeting about @taylorswift13

Women creators are held to a standard that men aren’t. The expectation is women must create entirely alone and if anyone else ever enters the room—it is tainted. She is just signing her name to someone else’s work.

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No way would @Damonalbarn have said this about any male artist. “Ed Sheeran doesn’t write his songs. He co-writes them with @taylorswift13 etc. That’s different.” Never would’ve been said. Apparently, if a man even coughs near a woman’s idea it retroactively becomes his. (3/3)

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

We can ALL watch @taylorswift13 in the process of creating her songs (solo and with others). But the most insidious part about what @Damonalbarn said is that “co-writing is very different to writing.” That essentially if a woman cowrites, it’s not really her work. (2/3)

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

Here is what I find frustrating. @taylorswift13 is the most transparent singer/songwriter of this generation. She has shared her journal entries/her early handwritten drafts/her voice memos with song ideas/and even a documentary in the studio with @jackantonoff. (1/3)

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@aliciabooks Because Finneas is a man. Women can’t write music! Our femaleness gets in the way! I can’t even write a tweet. Too delicate. Must. Find. Man. 🙄🙄🙄

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

If I buy a super cute plant pot, I will be playing matchmaker with dozens of plants until my floor is covered in dirt. I don’t make the rules.

[Marni Bates @MarniBates]

@lisa_schroeder Sending so much love your way!

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@aliciabooks Bahahahaha! I get nervous when it asks for crosswalks and then shows a sliver of one in a corner.