Comments on: It’s Still On: The real failure of Amazonfail, Dubai, and Internet Outrage

By: Acoubsbic

Acoubsbic — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:00:45 +0000

Thank you. Super webpage

By: Catherine M. Wilson

Catherine M. Wilson — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:32:40 +0000

Once I got over my astonishment that my books had been disappeared by Amazon based on lesbian content, I was astonished again that feminism too seems to have been targeted by the infamous glitch.

The more I thought about it, the more I thought that perhaps more than simple (simple-minded) homophobia was at work here. I blogged about it here:
http://www.catherinemwilson.com/blogger/lost-in-the-mist.html

To quote our new Secretary of State: Could this be a “vast right-wing conspiracy?”

Catherine M. Wilson
http://www.whenwomenwerewarriors.com/
http://www.catherine-m-wilson.com/

By: Auburn

Auburn — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:45:17 +0000

Thank you for the insightful piece on Amazon.com and its relation to the Dubai incident and other such incidences of moral outrage versus terrible PR. It is refreshing to read a well-written post that really examines the causes behind these spectacles and challenges us to consider what good our protests do, especially in the wake of the misunderstandings that often create them.

By: Bookkake

Bookkake — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:15:08 +0000

William - I am concerned about that, it’s something I’m still looking at, and it’s why I don’t mention the book, author or publisher in this post. But I’m largely unsurprised by PR people doing what they do; I’m more concerned about good people doing nothing.

By: William Shaw

William Shaw — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:46:34 +0000

Thanks for letting me know about this post. I still think that you should also be concerned about how a major publisher manipulated real fear of homophobia to attempt to sell a book. .

By: Landon Bryce

Landon Bryce — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:44:36 +0000

Wow. I am stunned to read the coda of the Dubai story. Not surprised, but stunned that this inevitable thing happened and was inevitably unreported. And this will continue to be a huge “gays crying wolf” story even with this proof that there was something seriously amiss and no serious intent to set things right. Doubtless the same will happen at Amazon.

The best thing I can say about #amazonfail is that it has led me to several voices like yours, who write truths I am usually alone with.

Thanks very much. My sillvideo on the subject:

http://tinyurl.com/dea69y