Later hits, likeSong of AchillesorThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, often focused on queer or sex-positive storylines.
Being literate is political, repliedAmanda, acreatorwith over 20,000 followers.
I know politics can be exhausting for some but for others, politics impacts their everyday life.
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Its a privilege and honor to be literate and it should be a right.
Everyone has their opinion, and thats the beauty of us living where we live, Phifer says.
I come here to just talk about books, about fairy smut.
Were doing this to escape reality, not bring our reality into it.
I feel like it could be, depending on what youre reading, she says.
Maybe if youre into nonfiction.
No more politics on Booktok.
Picoult and Phifers views represent two major sides of BookToks argument surrounding politics.
Are books for escape or knowledge?
Can a book be fun and poorly written?
Can a books quality ever actually be objective?
Im Arab and Muslim.
Look, I am a 58-year-old woman.
I thought thats a really interesting community and Id like to connect with them.
Its almost a facetious conversation because we all know art is political.
Thats not the question.
The question is, why are some people refusing to accept that?
