Hi everyone, this announcement is going to be a bit more serious. tw/ transphobia
In case you unaware, it has recently come to my attention that one of the author’s writing under the pen name of Erin Hunter, Gillian Philip, has loudly announced her position as anti-trans and a terf. If you don’t know what this means, I hope you take some time to educate yourself on the subject, but basically it means that she actively speaks out against Trans people, especially Trans women. She has been expressing these harmful beliefs on her professional and personal twitter accounts and fighting/mocking her LGBT+ fans who have expressed their discomfort with her. You can read more about it here: https://twitter.com/allurarama/status/1276331387843416066
This is horrible, unprofessional and should not be tolerated. I encourage as many people as possible to not interact with Philips directly, but to instead contact her employer, Working Partners at their e-mail: [email protected]
I have written them a letter myself and sent it to both Harper Collins and Working Partners and until this situation is handled appropriately, I do not plan on purchasing any more Erin Hunter books. Let Working Partners know that our voices need to be heard on matters of intolerance and harassment of children. We expect more from the authors and writing team of these series. I wanted to make a statement here since I know many of my followers don’t follow my twitter, but everyone in the community should be made aware sooner rather than later so that our voices can be heard on this. -Tennelle
