Author's book publication cancelled after a tweet reporting on a WMATA employee eating on the metro

[Anonymous]

Either way.
They are big enough to absorb the hit, or small enough to be done in.
It’s a lesson for the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either way.
They are big enough to absorb the hit, or small enough to be done in.
It’s a lesson for the future.

Again, you are assuming that they lose this case. I don't share your confidence in that resolution.

It seems like another lesson for the future is that if you are an author with a book coming out, don't be an a****** on twitter or you could mess the whole thing up. My bet is that NT is regretting the tweet right now more than the publisher is regretting their press release.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you think she's getting some $13 million over this I've got a bridge to sell you

If you think the publisher is going to end up owing nothing or little I've got a bridge to sell you.

You just want the publisher to owe bc for whatever reason, you think this woman was wronged.

No. For a very specific reason. She was wronged for a very specific reason.
The publisher will likely settle.

And every business or media outlet will stay away from her. Even employers will question whether to hire her. She has been branded as "metro becky" and that's not good.

Nope, she will become a conservative star here in the US, and simply a wealthy person and famous star back home.

She is fighting for her principles and (IMO) she will win. The publisher was not very smart in defaming her via a press release.

Like Tomi Lahren? She has no principles either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Either way.
They are big enough to absorb the hit, or small enough to be done in.
It’s a lesson for the future.

Again, you are assuming that they lose this case. I don't share your confidence in that resolution.

It seems like another lesson for the future is that if you are an author with a book coming out, don't be an a****** on twitter or you could mess the whole thing up. My bet is that NT is regretting the tweet right now more than the publisher is regretting their press release.

Of course the author is regretting it now. She had no idea that pointing out an injustice is racist if the person in the wrong is black.

But the publisher must also be regretting the press release that poured fuel onto the fire and introduced the racial component.

And since the author has already paid dearly for her “mistake”, now the publisher will go down too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you think she's getting some $13 million over this I've got a bridge to sell you

If you think the publisher is going to end up owing nothing or little I've got a bridge to sell you.

You just want the publisher to owe bc for whatever reason, you think this woman was wronged.

No. For a very specific reason. She was wronged for a very specific reason.
The publisher will likely settle.

And every business or media outlet will stay away from her. Even employers will question whether to hire her. She has been branded as "metro becky" and that's not good.

I know you want this to be true so badly....
But the publisher will settle. She will walk with enough to put this all in the rear view.

I think you overestimate the strength of her case - and overestimate the depth of this outfit's pockets. They are an indie publisher in Los Angeles, not some huge concern. Plus they apparently weren't even her publisher - they'd agreed to distribute the book for her publisher, California Coldblood, which appears to be even smaller.

http://www.californiacoldblood.com/

But I'm sure you're right that she'll support her family on the settlement for the foreseeable future. At least take them out for breakfast on whatever she gets.

Even crazier that a random distributor would issue a press release (falsely) attacking an author published by someone else.

Let them pay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Either way.
They are big enough to absorb the hit, or small enough to be done in.
It’s a lesson for the future.

Again, you are assuming that they lose this case. I don't share your confidence in that resolution.

It seems like another lesson for the future is that if you are an author with a book coming out, don't be an a****** on twitter or you could mess the whole thing up. My bet is that NT is regretting the tweet right now more than the publisher is regretting their press release.

Of course the author is regretting it now. She had no idea that pointing out an injustice is racist if the person in the wrong is black.

But the publisher must also be regretting the press release that poured fuel onto the fire and introduced the racial component.

And since the author has already paid dearly for her “mistake”, now the publisher will go down too.

Maybe! I would guess not. But either way with your active imagination you should try writing a novel.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Either way.
They are big enough to absorb the hit, or small enough to be done in.
It’s a lesson for the future.

Again, you are assuming that they lose this case. I don't share your confidence in that resolution.

It seems like another lesson for the future is that if you are an author with a book coming out, don't be an a****** on twitter or you could mess the whole thing up. My bet is that NT is regretting the tweet right now more than the publisher is regretting their press release.

Of course the author is regretting it now. She had no idea that pointing out an injustice is racist if the person in the wrong is black.

But the publisher must also be regretting the press release that poured fuel onto the fire and introduced the racial component.

And since the author has already paid dearly for her “mistake”, now the publisher will go down too.

Pls stay in your bubble. You have absolutely no idea what an actual injustice is. You’re right that it wasn’t a mistake. The author knew exactly what she was doing and what she wanted to happen to the WMATA employee. Fortunately, it happened to her instead. Life is funny that way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you think she's getting some $13 million over this I've got a bridge to sell you

If you think the publisher is going to end up owing nothing or little I've got a bridge to sell you.

You just want the publisher to owe bc for whatever reason, you think this woman was wronged.

No. For a very specific reason. She was wronged for a very specific reason.
The publisher will likely settle.

And every business or media outlet will stay away from her. Even employers will question whether to hire her. She has been branded as "metro becky" and that's not good.

I know you want this to be true so badly....
But the publisher will settle. She will walk with enough to put this all in the rear view.

I think you overestimate the strength of her case - and overestimate the depth of this outfit's pockets. They are an indie publisher in Los Angeles, not some huge concern. Plus they apparently weren't even her publisher - they'd agreed to distribute the book for her publisher, California Coldblood, which appears to be even smaller.

http://www.californiacoldblood.com/

But I'm sure you're right that she'll support her family on the settlement for the foreseeable future. At least take them out for breakfast on whatever she gets.

Even crazier that a random distributor would issue a press release (falsely) attacking an author published by someone else.

Let them pay.

I hope the author continues to pay for stupidity. Hopefully this lawsuit will continue to ruin her.

[Anonymous]

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Pls stay in your bubble. You have absolutely no idea what an actual injustice is.

And you do? You know injustice that somehow other people do not? My, fancy that. I wonder who's the one that lives in the real bubble?

[Anonymous]

I read the WaPo article. My conclusion is that she chose to make a big stink on social media rather than doing the most expedient thing, which would have been to contact WMATA directly to make a complaint. I am sure she thought the publicity would help her sell her book. Well, she wanted attention and she got attention. Then it sounds like she became a huge drama queen when the attention didn't go the way she thought it would, and so she started with her suicide threats and rushing out of the country. I think she got exactly what she deserved for her poor behavior choices. I just hope her bad acts don't cause lasting financial or reputational harm the publisher and distributor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read the WaPo article. My conclusion is that she chose to make a big stink on social media rather than doing the most expedient thing, which would have been to contact WMATA directly to make a complaint. I am sure she thought the publicity would help her sell her book. Well, she wanted attention and she got attention. Then it sounds like she became a huge drama queen when the attention didn't go the way she thought it would, and so she started with her suicide threats and rushing out of the country. I think she got exactly what she deserved for her poor behavior choices. I just hope her bad acts don't cause lasting financial or reputational harm the publisher and distributor.

They didn’t have to chime in. They chose to make the exact same mistake she did. Plenty of room for ruin for all.

[Anonymous]

I'm confused about a couple of things. How is a Jordanian a WOC? Is it because she is an immigrant? Why do all the articles and quoted academics say she was "policing a black woman's body" when she reported a metro woman eating on the train?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you think she's getting some $13 million over this I've got a bridge to sell you

If you think the publisher is going to end up owing nothing or little I've got a bridge to sell you.

You just want the publisher to owe bc for whatever reason, you think this woman was wronged.

No. For a very specific reason. She was wronged for a very specific reason.
The publisher will likely settle.

And every business or media outlet will stay away from her. Even employers will question whether to hire her. She has been branded as "metro becky" and that's not good.

I know you want this to be true so badly....
But the publisher will settle. She will walk with enough to put this all in the rear view.

I think you overestimate the strength of her case - and overestimate the depth of this outfit's pockets. They are an indie publisher in Los Angeles, not some huge concern. Plus they apparently weren't even her publisher - they'd agreed to distribute the book for her publisher, California Coldblood, which appears to be even smaller.

http://www.californiacoldblood.com/

But I'm sure you're right that she'll support her family on the settlement for the foreseeable future. At least take them out for breakfast on whatever she gets.

Even crazier that a random distributor would issue a press release (falsely) attacking an author published by someone else.

Let them pay.

I hope the author continues to pay for stupidity. Hopefully this lawsuit will continue to ruin her.

Interesting. Trump is taped bragging about grabbing women's puss**** and has 16 sexual assault allegations against him. Yet, he is POTUS and a young woman who pointed out that a Metro employee wearing a metro uniform was breaking the rule that Metro has posted everywhere about not eating on the subway is losing her job and her sanity as people attack her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused about a couple of things. How is a Jordanian a WOC? Is it because she is an immigrant? Why do all the articles and quoted academics say she was "policing a black woman's body" when she reported a metro woman eating on the train?

Well, the woman of color bit seems subjective. I’m white and she’s definitely got more flava than me...
She’s certainly not a wasp.

The “policing black woman’s body” thing is meaningless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm confused about a couple of things. How is a Jordanian a WOC? Is it because she is an immigrant? Why do all the articles and quoted academics say she was "policing a black woman's body" when she reported a metro woman eating on the train?

Well, the woman of color bit seems subjective. I’m white and she’s definitely got more flava than me...
She’s certainly not a wasp.

The “policing black woman’s body” thing is meaningless.

Americans are crazy (and deeply racist, especially in DC)