Accountability Check
Authors are human, and they will all make mistakes. It is not the mistakes they make, but how they handle those mistakes that shows us who they really are.
The authors on these pages are all living as of June 2022. Authors that are deceased are no longer benefiting from their work-It’s not going to hurt Charles Dickens if I don’t buy Oliver Twist. For this reason, I prefer to focus my attention on currently living authors so that you can make sure you’re spending your money without harm, whilst still having the option to read these older books.
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Green: Has made errors in judgement or said things that hurt a community but have made an active attempt to rectify their mistake, learn from it and avoid future mistakes.
Yellow: Has made errors in judgement or said things that hurt a community, and has not apologized and/or acknowledged issues that have been brought up, BUT is not actively promoting the ideas that these things perpetuate.
Red: Are still promoting material and beliefs that are actively harming a community. Stands firm in their beliefs and will not attempt to understand the harm they are causing.
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Hoover, Colleen(Romanticisation of Abuse, Content warning dismissal)
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Galbraith, Robert (See: Rowling, J.K.)
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Rowling, J.K (Transphobia, Homophobia, Inciting violence, Mental Health Dismissal.)
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