#fakereadergirls

[paperbackprimadonna]

Happy Sunday! Here a few little thoughts I wanted to share about the #fakereadergirls conversation that exploded a little while back. Hopefully this expands that discussion in the wake of all that drama and brings you some other things to consider about expectations and what it's like for some of us online. Like if you like it and thanks for watching! 💕

[triinbooks-blog]

⭐️ I finished The Awakening last week and really enjoyed it! My favourite part was where the husband went to the doctor because his wife had lost interest in housekeeping and their children. There must be some medicine😂! I felt sorry for the husband because he was a simple man who wanted to live his life in a way he had been taught was right. I loved the end of the book. It showed there are no grey areas, it was black and white, with no future for a woman like Edna. The Awakening was picked by Jude @mybookbath for @untitledbookclub #untitledbookclub. ⭐️ This is my #fakereadergirls tag submission. I read about the 'scandal' from @eelifant account and feel strongly about it. Some guy called Steve Donoghue had a go at YA book tuber girls. I watched his YouTube video and I couldn't finish it, it's just ugly and boring. I think he is scared and jealous. I also have experienced this kind of jealousy from older guys at work. They are scared of being over looked and would never in thousand lives respect a young girl talking. In the end all these miserable older guys I worked with got fired. When I worked in Turkey I also got fired, but that's a different story😀 (at Belgravia)

[babblebooks]

Some Thoughts On #fakereadergirls

The hashtag #fakereadergirls has taken the Internet by storm over the past few days. I’ve seen a lot of positive things said. I’ve seen a lot of good ideas. But I’ve also seen some negativity that has made me feel uncomfortable. Let me explain.

For those of you under a rock, #fakereadergirls started when comments were going around on Booktube suggesting that women can’t like books and wear makeup. Of course, this is preposterous. Just because you can’t imagine girls who wear makeup reading books, it doesnt mean that they can’t or shouldn’t.

Admittedly, I don’t wear makeup. This is not because I’m a bookworm. It’s because I look silly in makeup. The most I’ll wear is some foundation to cover up my bad skin. But that doesn’t make me any more or less of a bookworm than all the book bloggers, booktubers and bookstagrammers that do wear makeup. It just means that I am someone who happens to like books and not wear makeup. It is just one small part of who I am.

That said, I have also seen girls who do wear makeup arguing that they are a true bookworm despite wearing makeup because of how many books they’ve read this year. This has often been quoted as being between fifty and seventy books, and it made me think. Does how much you like books depend on how many books you’ve read this year. Am I any less of a bookworm than some of these girls because I’ve only read sixteen books this year?

The answer, of course, is no. Being a bookworm should no more be defined by how many books you’ve read than how much makeup you wear. It makes me uncomfortable that some people think this way. Reading and being a bookworm should not be a competition. It should not be a fashion statement. It should not be affected by how much makeup you wear. Being a bookworm should be defined by one thing. Three little words. “I like books.”

[myarobarts]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k6fRjItr88)

Regardless, it’s important to discuss these kind of stereotypes. They only hurt women.