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Seanan McGuire
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I don't run any block lists, but I block if I see you being an asshole to my friends. I have friends in weird places. So you may find yourself blocked for any number of exciting reasons, including "name-calling," "random accusations," and my personal favorite, "being a jerk."
It is not censorship for me or any other non-governmental figure to block you. Despite the beliefs of the nice man I blocked for sharing his views on Gwen Stacy's probable sex life, complete with screenshots from his favorite porn films, I am not a public service. I can curate.
People block me all the time, and I will often never know why! I had a reader with whom I had previously had a pleasant relationship block me for asking them not to use the term "Mary Sue"! No one is being censored in these exchanges!
I'd prefer not to be blocked, sure. I like to think of myself as a reasonable person who doesn't give cause for blocking. But your social media experience is your own, and should be managed accordingly.
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Authors don't dislike being tagged in negative reviews because we can't take criticism. We dislike it because you're coming into our virtual living rooms to call us assholes when the social contract says we can't reply.
"Don't argue with reviewers" is an authorial commandment, and the reason I avoid, say, Goodreads, where people will two-star a book because I got my cats from a breeder instead of a shelter.
If I swing by Goodreads and tell everyone who's ever posted a negative review that they're ugly and stupid and smell like farts, guess what? I'M AN ASSHOLE!
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Seanan McGuire
@seananmcguire
Seeing all these little girls with their Spider-Gwen swag on #FreeComicBookDay is so incredible that I don't even have proper words for it.
I have been working very hard to make sure GHOST-SPIDER is accessible and fun for everyone. It's an all-ages superhero comic. Yes, there's going to be violence. It's a cape comic. But the dialog is carefully written to be inclusive, the characters are for everyone, it's FUN.
And when seven-year-olds are both allowed to read the comic and then start going "I want to write this too!" and drawing their own Gwen Stacy adventures, I feel like I have finally earned @flycojoe's approval.
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Seanan McGuire
@seananmcguire
As people begin to realize that conventions are a good place to transmit diseases (con crud has been a thing literally forever, this year is the first time I've seen folks saying "hey, maybe...we should vaccinate?"), a few additions:
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* Don't touch people without permission. Even guests. Even creators. Even celebrities. I've started trying to avoid handshakes, or trying to use hand sanitizer right after, and some people have been offended. I'm not saying YOU, SPECIFIC FAN, ARE DIRTY.
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***LET'S TALK ABOUT BLOCKING***

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But what about blocks between MAGAs?

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