The Trump effect on publishing

Trump’s campaign included the objectification of women, ridicule of the differently-abled, blatant racism and calls to violence that have made the US a more dangerous place for people in the affected communities. A leader such as Trump speaking derogatorily of women or encouraging people in his audience to beat black people seems to send the signal that doing those things is now okay in the US. And now a new book coming out this year may entrench and validate these positions even further.

Milo Yiannopoulos, 33, is an editor at the conservative Breitbart News and on his website describes himself as “the world’s most fabulous supervillain”.  He has made a name by saying opportunistically hateful things for the sake of hype and inciting his many loyal followers, most members of the ultra-conservative “Alt-right” movement, to act on the things he says.