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#SickoftheSmut The Hashtag That Broke BookTok And What It Means For The Future
BookTok has paved the way for a reading revival, especially for the “romantasy” genre. But with BookTok’s obsession with recommending “smutty” books, the question remains, should access to explicit content be restricted in any way?
By Megan McMahon4 min read
A few weeks ago, as I was scrolling through Instagram, I stumbled upon a statement made by a publisher. It was about as simple as it gets. A black background with the publisher’s logo on it. Underneath that, in contrasting white letters, a hashtag: #sickofthesmut. The response to that hashtag though turned out to be anything but simple.