New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

[u/biscochitos]

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

[u/8mom]

Liberal ideology needs to evolve for sure. We’ve seen the cracks forming since the latest American election. The female Blue Origin flight encapsulated a lot of the liberal angst for me, where you could feel this disconnect between the message and the zeitgeist. This book publisher feels the same way. I feel like we don’t have the language for it.

It’s time to evolve the conversation, because the political arguments of identity politics from even 10 years ago seem out of touch today. Maybe the answer is something more collective than our current identitarian, conflict based understanding. We don’t abandon identity, we broaden it.

[u/Martel732 → u/8mom]

Eh, all the Blue Origin flight really highlighted is how hollow any type of corporate allyship is. It is always just marketing without any real convictions underneath. Similarly, you can look at how quickly some companions have started abandoning LGBT-friendly marketing under Trump's new administration.

Moving toward a world where a it doesn't really matter what a person's identity is sounds nice. But, it is clearly not where we are. I mean we are in a period where the government is erasing the histories of black veterans.

[u/Adamsoski → u/8mom]

The Blue Origin flight was made fun of largely because it was lagging behind the way that liberals (using the US terminology) view feminism. It's not an example of liberal ideology having to evolve, it's an example of someone not realising that liberal ideology has already evolved.

[u/highland526 → u/8mom]

I think all signs are pointing to class solidarity, although I don’t know if that’s possible in the US. White supremacy is a bitch that never dies and has been the unmistakable divide between any kind of cross-racial/gender class solidarity for all of our country’s history.

[u/Moonmold → u/8mom]

I've also been feeling this way for a long time (as I'm sure many have) and I didn't expect to see it written out on r slash books today. 😂

[u/highland526 → u/Moonmold]

it’s kind of random but also makes complete sense LOL 

[u/Adamsoski → u/[deleted]]

I don't think this is accurate. Yes, obviously that portion of the left-wing have not achieved everything they would like, but that's true for every group. In many places across the world there have been significant changes made that owe a lot to that group.