Shattered

I am sick of this.

I'm appalled by the number of females shaming Jess for her choice to have sex before marriage, and with multiple people. Plus the blatant uneducated assumption that fucking 3 people will make a vagina "loose". If you don't like it, please keep it to your fucking self. I am fine with criticism, but hate like that, I will not tolerate it anymore.

I will be deleting all the comments regarding it in the chapter where it's stated, and I've also edited the paragraph to this, so you all are up to speed and don't have to go find it.

"I wasn't a virgin, I had a previous boyfriend of two years, but I had never been forcefully kissed. What the hell did he want from me? Was I here for his entertainment? To rape and take advantage of? I won't stand idly by and let him. Yes, I've had sex before, with one other man, and I had my fair share of dates, but no one would force me to do anything."

Compared to the previous one:

"I wasn't some innocent little virgin, but I had never been forcefully kissed. What the hell did he want from me? Was I here for his entertainment? To rape and take advantage of? I won't stand idly by and let him. Yes, I've had sex with a couple of men, and I'm a pretty experienced kisser, but no one would force me to do anything."

I understand that it was previously stated in a way that needed improvement, but I WROTE THAT TWO YEARS AGO. And still, the shaming is uncalled for. What happened to us girls supporting girls? Many of the early chapters need revision, I know, and I'm getting around to it, my writing has changed a lot since 2018, and I've gathered a lot more life experience.

HOWEVER, this is not a cliche Wattpad story, it is meant to be realistic, so welcome to real life, bitches, not everyone is a virgin when they're fucking 21 and an adult, surprise surprise, don't be too shocked. I do not take ideas or details from other stories, Shattered is my own unique creation, and I'm so so so proud of it and myself because, over the time that I've been writing it, I've experienced a lot of pain and suffering, which I process through my writing and integrate my emotions into Jess, which is partly why I'm so attached to her.

I hate coming off as anyone but a caring and friendly person, but I've seen a lot more upsetting comments recently. I'm totally okay with constructive criticism, but what I'm seeing is blatant shaming. From now on, any comments of the sort will be deleted, and if a person leaves multiple hate comments, they will be blocked. I created a space of positivity and support with my readers, I don't want that ruined. This has really derailed my motivation to write because every time I open Shattered all I can think about are the people who don't understand the saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all".

I had a person straight up call Jess a slut and then add Shattered into a reading list called "Never going to read" with a poop emoji. LIKE WHY??? Remove it from your library and get on with your life, thanks.

This rant is not directed to any of you who have read this far into the story, you're all amazing and super sweet, that's why I'm here venting because I know you all will listen. I promise I'm still writing, I just wanted to say what's going on. You'll see a notification that I updated, but it's just this and my editing said problematic chapter.

Thanks for listening, I was upset, I love you guys <3