what Amazon's "glitch" says about pop culture
A great, and very thoughtful, article from AfterEllen.
Just keep in mind, when people take the apologist route for Amazon: on Saturday, they were very clearly telling authors who were complaining about being deranked that it was intentional and their book had been removed due to "adult" content. That is, being about teh gay in any sense or way. It was only after twitter and blogging outcry that Amazon changed their tune to say it was a glitch, and denied that their staff ever told anyone anything to the contrary - despite the digital proof being very clearly available.
Don't let Amazon weasel out of this one.
Just keep in mind, when people take the apologist route for Amazon: on Saturday, they were very clearly telling authors who were complaining about being deranked that it was intentional and their book had been removed due to "adult" content. That is, being about teh gay in any sense or way. It was only after twitter and blogging outcry that Amazon changed their tune to say it was a glitch, and denied that their staff ever told anyone anything to the contrary - despite the digital proof being very clearly available.
Don't let Amazon weasel out of this one.