lunabee34

Yeah, the book isn't drastically different, but it does more to explicitly explain how coming out relates to other kinds of teenage experiences.

There's a section of the left that dog-piles on allies now, and I hate it. Like when a man stands up for women's experiences, the first reaction is 'yay, male feminist!' but then other people get upset because we don't need men to validate us. 'Cos, yes we do. I need male feminists to remind me that there are men who get it. And I need those male feminists to shut down who men who don't believe women's experiences. And I need male feminists to set an example to young men.

I guess I haven't actually seen what's been sait to Albertalli, just the defensive reaction. But the idea that a child psychologist who's worked with gay teens isn't the right person to write a book about a teenager coming out is totally absurd.