It's a piece of fiction. Writers writing what they know, which means writing about writers thinking about writing. The content of the petition is irrelevant to

It's a piece of fiction. Writers writing what they know, which means writing about writers thinking about writing. The content of the petition is irrelevant to the story; the actual content is all about a) the feelings the author has about Liz and her relationship with the petition-writers, and b) the credibility of artists trying to make their political action "artistic".