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Statements like “Tiktok is ruining literature” or “Tiktok has ruined reading” have been at the core of book discourse online and off for over two years now.
A couple of months ago I made a video about this topic and titled it "why there are no great writers anymore" and the people had opinions, including that it is, in fact, women who have ruined literature. So let's discuss.

timestamps:

00:00 women are still ruining literature, apparently
03:42 where are all the male novelists?
09:56 where are all the male readers?
11:29 what does the data say?
16:20 women are not taking over literature, they're taking over literary prizes
22:47 no one has anything to gain from only reading books by men or women (and also there are other people out there, too)

watch the previous video here:    • Why there are no great writers anymore  

articles mentioned:
University of Dublin study about male TikTok accounts and misogyny https://www.dcu.ie/humanitiesandsoc...
Elizabeth Strout interview https://www.thetimes.com/article/eliz...
Dazed articles https://www.dazeddigital.com/lifecul...
https://www.dazeddigital.com/lifecul...
Irish Times article https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/20...
Christopher Fowler blog https://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/b...
Mary Ann Sieghart essay https://lithub.com/whyaresomanyme...
Dime novels source https://chnm.gmu.edu/dimenovels/index...
New Statesman article https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/...
Siri Hustvedt essay https://lithub.com/knausgaardwrites...