Is Taylor Jenkins Reid Problematic?

Is Taylor Jenkins Reid problematic?
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Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo: amzn.to/3v5mZPg
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[@catharinesloper8504]

Talking about appropriation, I'm a person with a mental health disability. Those with mental illness have a significant community with traditions and common understandings and experiences. It is an invisible subculture in the world today. The number of authors who appropriate the mental health disability experience is extraordinary and the damaging and stigmatizing way in which they do so is remarkable. Meanwhile, if you are a person with a mental health disability who writes in an informed way of what that experience is, you are far less likely to be published, particularly if you claim the identity. The abuse of appropriation inflicted upon the mentally ill community, the exploitation of that community to terrorize, frighten, mainstream culture who are unaware of the distortions is rampant. Let's talk about that.

[@tsg336]

I enjoyed The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo…I was trying to figure out where the story was going I didn’t expect the twist. I might check out her other reads.

[@RickysRabbits]

Also the character of Evelyn Hugo was Cuban, she was just white passing.

[@RachaelsReadingNook]

Very interesting points! As most people, I have read "Seven Husbands" but haven't picked up "Carrie Soto is Back," I have seen some people complain that the Spanish didn't feel authentic/colloquial though. It's an interesting conversation to have diverse characters but to also not speak for experiences that the author doesn't have. "I don't read a lot of white people stuff" got me 😂

[@kandace.withak]

It’s definitely a fine line between diversifying by characters but also not imitating or mocking someone’s culture.
I don’t read a lot of white people stuff lolllll but I’m trying to get better 😂

[@juliazofajova1077]

I didn't know "Argenitinian" is a race

[@kandace.withak]

It’s not.