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Post by aln1982 on Nov 25, 2007 17:40:33 GMT -5
I agree. I was just asking if it was confirmed because I don't like saying that something is true if it is only a really strong rumor that everyone believes but the person doesn't confirm themselves. In my experience, this can create real problems for people. I personally don't think Ann's sexuality is important or an issue and really don't think it came into play in her books.
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Post by greer on Nov 25, 2007 19:01:29 GMT -5
i didn't bring it up to make a big deal out of it; i just brought it up because the OP wanted to know why Ann wasn't married with children.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 25, 2007 20:21:49 GMT -5
^ I know. I wasn't talking about you and knew that's why you said it. ;D You were just answering someone's question, I thought. I was talking more about people other places who go on about the characters being gay if Ann is and stuff like that.
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Post by Penny Lane on Nov 25, 2007 22:09:08 GMT -5
^ I agree with this. I guess I was just a little cranky. No offense intended.
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Post by greer on Nov 25, 2007 23:08:48 GMT -5
we all get a bit cranky sometimes btw i think ann is very out, just not in official promotional materials/interviews, because i am guessing that there are many parents like gwenfan's.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2007 16:19:34 GMT -5
me too I though that she was a lesbian. It doesn't change anything about her or her books, love them the same, it was just a feeling...
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Post by greer on Nov 26, 2007 19:33:38 GMT -5
my parents wouldn't care one way or another if i bothered telling them. but then again if something happened to my dad and stepmom my brother and sister would be raised by my dad's best friend and his male partner so i guess every family is quite different.
i didn't mean that your family was not entitled to its opinion, gwenfan, i just meant that it was not a rare thing even in contemporary America and was probably even more common when ann first started her career as a children's author.
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Post by alula on Nov 26, 2007 21:19:38 GMT -5
^editorial and publishing company employees, broadly speaking, tend to skew liberal compared to the general population*, so it would certainly make sense to me that she could be out among her actual acquaintances and not include it in her publicity material or bios. There are a lot of writers, even not in children's fiction, who do that.
That said, her 'official' biography from Scholastic is one of the most weirdly (and annoyingly, IMO) written of its kind I've ever seen. That chapter about Smith is just odd, as are the reiterations of how pretty she is without make-up and her beautiful teenage hour-glass figure. There are so many children's authors who put out very good memoirs, even when they're obviously being very selective about the presentation; I don't know if she was pressured into it or what, or why they couldn't have gotten someone better to (ghost)write it, but even as a kid I found it irritating in some way I couldn't put my finger on.
*personally, at least, particularly among creative (as opposed to financial staff)--that doesn't necessarily reflect their corporate decisions, sort of in the same way that Hollywood skews liberal personally, but ultimately make the products they think will earn the most money.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Nov 26, 2007 21:26:04 GMT -5
When I told my mom about AMM's sexuality after finding out about it on here, she didn't care or freak out either. She'd actually suspected it from the beginning when I first started to read BSC and was just waiting until I was old enough to tell me about it. I don't care about it much either; her books are great and that is what matters .
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Post by greer on Nov 26, 2007 21:58:18 GMT -5
i really want to read ann's official biography. i recall people posting on here about how sad she was when she had surgery because she couldn't wear bikinis. i don't want to think of ann in bikinis. i prefer to think of her wearing long skirts and large sweaters.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 27, 2007 0:56:32 GMT -5
^ ;D Me too. Though I am a bit curious about her background and wonder if it might give some insight into the books - not that I think any of the characters are gay or anything like that but just that maybe subconsciously she put different things into the books. Maybe I'll have to find the bio somewhere....
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Post by alula on Nov 27, 2007 1:31:49 GMT -5
I just reread it and meant to check if there was a thread under "Everything Else." If not, maybe I'll start one with some of the weirder quotes. I really did find it to be a strange little book.
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 27, 2007 2:14:00 GMT -5
^I'd contribute I think I have the book lying around here somewhere...and yeah it is definitely odd. Just something about Margot Becker R.'s writing style. It says her first book was published when she was 23 in her author info; I googled and couldn't find anything out about that. I did, however, come across this article... seattlepi.nwsource.com/archives/1993/9305110046.asp
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Post by alula on Nov 27, 2007 2:35:45 GMT -5
Ha! I just Googled her for the same reason, and almost posted that article! I :heart: the part about the jumper.
That last quote has a totally "more than friends" subtext to me, but I have no real justification for saying so.
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Post by blossom114 on Nov 27, 2007 11:25:56 GMT -5
I kind of suspected her sexuality... I dont know... just got that vibe... but I didnt' care. Like you guys, we read these books because we enjoyed them, not because the author was gay. ^ agree about the subtext.. Lol... it mustbe hard for ANYONE to get in a close relationship with someone if they're wealthy or in the public eye or something. Part of the reason i'm GLAD i'm not a celebrity... though 15 minutes of fame wouldn't hurt too much
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