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Good one Laila... The greatest of change comes with the smallest of turns. No step is frivolous or insignificant if taken with good intentions. Popular media ought to be more socially responsible, especially when they carry the power to shape and influence impressionable minds - young, old and ignorant. There is only so much one can take and one can market under the guise of entertainment. As audiences, all we have really are the choices we make. I'm glad some of us have chosen to take a decisive stand.
Thank you Aalia. You were definitely one of the major team players (recognize some of your posts in the letter 😉). The letter is a way for us to express our grievance and disappointment and to hold the PH accountable for the damage done...just today I read another fan fiction where the writer has Zoya apologize to Asad for making him slap her. It is not the first one I have read...in it the character wrestles in placing blame on herself and even apologizes to Asad for being at the wrong place and the wrong time and spends an exorbitant amount of time expressing her innocence. That should not be happening.
