• Publisher censoring authors

    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 20 18:58:23 2025
    No names are identified, but it sounds possible.

    A female author writing a book on wellness about which the publisher said,
    "We really see women as the primary market for this book," told its female author that use of the words "women", "pregnancy", and "breastfeeding"
    were non-inclusive terms. If she complained, they threatened to make her
    repay her advance.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2MWYxfeMs&t=36s

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Sun Jul 20 15:45:54 2025
    On 2025-07-20 2:58 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    No names are identified, but it sounds possible.

    A female author writing a book on wellness about which the publisher said, "We really see women as the primary market for this book," told its female author that use of the words "women", "pregnancy", and "breastfeeding"
    were non-inclusive terms. If she complained, they threatened to make her repay her advance.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2MWYxfeMs&t=36s

    I listened to the first several of his guests and their problems and was saddened at how ideology has made people take leave of their basic
    reason. A whole lot of people have apparently been indoctrinated to
    believe the non-sensical with a fanaticism reminiscent of the followers
    of Hitler, Stalin and Mao.

    That lunacy is a big part of the reason Trump got elected. If the people
    at the top don't start saying "no" to the lunatics, they're going to
    find themselves out of office....

    --
    Rhino

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