GOD, CASSANDRA CLARE, WHY IS EVERYTHING YOU WRITE FULL OF RAPE, ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, AND OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT/ABUSE

aimmyarrowshigh:

JUST

WHY

LOOK, I UNDERSTAND THAT FANFICTION CULTURE HAS DONE ITS PART IN UNFORTUNATELY NORMALIZING AND/OR FETISHIZING THESE THINGS

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU COME FROM FANFICTION CULTURE

BUT THEY ARE NOT NORMAL

AND MORE THAN THAT

THEY ARE ALWAYS

100%

WRONG

PLEASE STOP PERPETUATING THESE IDEALS THROUGH YOUR BOOKS

YOU HAVE A PLACE OF SOCIAL VISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE TO A LARGE AUDIENCE AND, PERHAPS JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, TO OTHER MEDIA PRODUCERS, CRITICS, AND ANALYSTS OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC

AND YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONDONING OF RAPE CULTURE

AND THAT IS NOT OKAY

#STOP #IT #social justice #media awareness #media responsibility #cassandra clare #the mortal instruments #culture work #P.S. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO SHOW SOMEONE’S VILLAINRY #OKAY #THIS IS A PSA TO EVERY AUTHOR OUT THERE #YA #FANFICTION #OTHER #WHATEVER #THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO SHOW VILLAINRY THAN SEXUAL ASSAULT/ABUSE/RAPE

This doesn’t map on perfectly, but I feel the sentiment harmonizes: