Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Fiction Twitter
One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxicity. And yet! In this episode, Jesse walks Katie through a recent history of young adult fiction Twitter, aka "YA Twitter," and attempts to explain how it got to be such a Hobbesian hellscape. The latest scandal involves Jessica Cluess, a YA author falsely accused of racism and violent speech, and the opportunistic authors, consultants, and agents rushing to denounce her in as colorful and overwrought a manner as possible.
Show notes/Links:
Please pre-order Jesse's book, "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills," if you can: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan)
Or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ (https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/)
Vulture: The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter - https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html (https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html)
Tablet: How a Twitter Mob Derailed an Immigrant Female Author’s Budding Career - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career (https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career)
Reason: Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young - https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/ (https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/)
Reason: He Was Part of a Twitter Mob That Attacked Young Adult Novelists. Then It Turned on Him. Now His Book Is Canceled. - https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/ (https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/)
Reason: A Review of a Book That Will Never Be Published, Thanks to the Young Adult Twitter Mob - https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/ (https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/)
Twitter stuff:
Jessica Cluess' apology: https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794 (https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794)
Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess but not dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632 (https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632)
Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess, amplifying a false rumor about her, and dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994 (https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994)
Some tweetstorms by Jesse running down some highlights of the craziness:
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513)
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081)
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058)
YA Twitter's Victims and Critics Speak Up (four-part series on Singal-Minded):
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak)
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855)
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5)
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56)
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Show notes/Links:
Please pre-order Jesse's book, "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills," if you can: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan)
Or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ (https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/)
Vulture: The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter - https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html (https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html)
Tablet: How a Twitter Mob Derailed an Immigrant Female Author’s Budding Career - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career (https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career)
Reason: Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young - https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/ (https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/)
Reason: He Was Part of a Twitter Mob That Attacked Young Adult Novelists. Then It Turned on Him. Now His Book Is Canceled. - https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/ (https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/)
Reason: A Review of a Book That Will Never Be Published, Thanks to the Young Adult Twitter Mob - https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/ (https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/)
Twitter stuff:
Jessica Cluess' apology: https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794 (https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794)
Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess but not dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632 (https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632)
Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess, amplifying a false rumor about her, and dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994 (https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994)
Some tweetstorms by Jesse running down some highlights of the craziness:
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513)
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081)
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058)
YA Twitter's Victims and Critics Speak Up (four-part series on Singal-Minded):
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak)
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855)
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5)
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56)
Advertisers:
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