#so obviously ''good [minority here; often queer ppl] rep'' is tempting. i know. i know | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

tobias-fell · 2 years

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"this book has gay characters" is no longer a significant and unique trait in the YA book world, and a lot of really low quality books are still getting upheld as perfect and special for it anyways, despite their, you know. complete lack of anything else good

and it's an interesting phenomenon but also a very annoying one

#bookblr #books #representation #ya books #like YES i understand the want to read about people like you #i'm not only queer but also autistic ffs!!! i've read 2 books ever that had autism rep that didn't make me cringe #so obviously ''good [minority here; often queer ppl] rep'' is tempting. i know. i know #BUT #to be honest. it's not unique anymore in YA #and thats a good thing!!!! books having queer characters should NOT be some special unique thing!! it should be common!!!#... and. uh. it also means we need to acknowledge that some of these books have No merits beyond their queer characters #and maybe one (1) popular and moderately well done trope

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