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This is disingenuous. If she had "no desire to be a provocateur", she would have given the book a different, non-transphobic title.
by lukev 6y ago
This is disingenuous. If she had "no desire to be a provocateur", she would have given the book a different, non-transphobic title.
- the_only_law 6y agoYeah honestly given the title of the book, I expected much different content than what was described in the article.
- salawat 6y agoThis is generally why one is encouraged not to judge a book by it's cover, or a one sentence headline. There is only so much one can get across in one line, and generally speaking, headlines or titles are far more prone to being tweaked for engagement than any substantive material. This is a literal example of filter bubbling resulting from a visceral reaction to first impressions, and tge perverse feedback loop created by social virtue signaling. The sad thing is, you may not get a publisher to take up a work without consenting to this type of engineering for audience engagement. I wonder what people's reactions would be if it were titled "Mistaken Identity: the Tragic Tale of America's Youth Surgically Scarred by Careless Profit-Seeking Surgeons"
- tptacek 6y agoThis isn't a newspaper article. She chose her title.
- pureliquidhw 6y agoIf newspaper articles of 1000 words get their headlines edited, what makes you think a publisher investing much more in a 10000 word book wouldn't edit the title? Just like clickbait headlines get a view, the same applies for getting someone to look closer at a book they might buy.
- pvg 6y agoThe way these different forms of publication work would make you think that. Newspaper writers don't get a say in the titles, book writers do.
- lukev 6y agoA lot of the harm of this book is in the title. Imagine being a trans person, just out doing your weekly shopping at Target, and seeing that on the shelf.