Day: March 4, 2015

UPDATE #2: Stephanie Dray has issued a statement apologizing for her remarks.

There are some who aren’t comfortable with that apology, and that’s fine, I’m not throwing my hat into the ring or making a judgement on anyone either way. I’m just reporting what’s happened and everybody can go there own way from there.

UPDATE: I’ve been contacted by a few authors who know Laura Kaye and Stephanie Dray. They’ve cleared up some points about the situation.

1. The book America’s First Daughter is not the 50 Shades of Grey/Thomas Jefferson story. That is a separate project that Stephanie was talking about
2. Laura Kaye has denied any involvement with the 50 Shades of Grey/Thomas Jefferson story.

Thank you to the authors who could shed light on the confusion regarding America’s First Daughter.

A source close to Stephanie Dray has said that a statement from the author is forthcoming.

TRIGGER WARNING: WHITE PEOPLE JOKING ABOUT SLAVE RAPE

Remember how I was supposed to be taking the week off blogging? Sometimes, shit comes up that can’t wait. Like this shit. This steaming pile of shit.

Before we proceed, here’s what I’m going to ask you to do:

• Do not buy this book
• Don’t buy it for curiosity
• Don’t buy it to see how bad it is
• Don’t buy it because it’s just $0.99 and you “had to know”
• Don’t leave a comment about how you bought it
• Don’t leave a comment about how you read it
• Don’t leave a comment about censorship
• Don’t leave a comment about “slippery slopes”
• Don’t leave a comment about the first amendment
• Don’t lecture anyone in the comments about book burning, censorship, art, etc.
• Don’t defend Thomas Jefferson
• Don’t use Thomas Jefferson’s words to defend this fucking atrocity
• PLEASE DO link in the comments any blog posts or articles written by women of color with regards to this book
• PLEASE DO let me know if I wrote anything fucked up with regards to racism and slavery

If you do any of these things, I will have a fucking stroke, so help me god.

From this point on, TRIGGER WARNING FOR HORRIFIC AND OPPORTUNISTIC RACISM AND MANY, MANY REFERENCES TO RAPE. REALLY EVALUATE THE DAY YOU’RE HAVING AND THE DAY YOU WISH TO HAVE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE TO READ.