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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I'm not advocating anything, I'm just stating in my experience, the over all point, that PC has taken over the YA world, is valid.
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I thought the overall point was that ill-informed social media mobs were causing havoc in YA publishing. That point, I could agree with. It was all the conclusions the author of the article leaped to that I have issues with.
I'm not so sure political correctness is taking over the YA world. I think it would be easy enough to call changes you don't like agree with political correctness.
If a book about a gay character is an unexpected hit and there's a flood of gay-themed books, is that PC taking over the industry, or the market doing what it does? When wizards or vampires took over the industry, was that political correctness too?
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As far as publishers and political beliefs, well that sort of thing has a way of working itself out. I think we are seeing that with the Hugo, the Oscars and other awards. When an award is given to works that we enjoy, then we take the award more seriously. If an award is given to works that we don't enjoy, then we tend to start ignoring the award. When awards stop translating into increased sales, then the award loses it's meaning.
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I honestly don't care about awards. But the way the puppies handled the Hugos felt skeevy. Why not just create alternate awards?