135: Shy Girl and other book drama

135: Shy Girl and other book drama

From Wow If True by Multitude

April 1, 2026 · 47 min · Episode 135

About this episode

The episode discusses the cancellation of the horror novel Shy Girl over alleged AI use, a romantasy lawsuit, and recent rulings involving Meta.

We're talking about Shy Girl, the horror novel cancelled over alleged AI use, the conclusion of a romantasy lawsuit, recent Meta rulings, and a bunch of other random stuff in the middle because come on, you know us, we love to gab. Sources Shy Girl timeline Writers telling on themselves Meta lawsuits Find Us Online  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling . Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude , a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Isabel J. Kim, Amanda Silberling

Topics covered

  • horror novel
  • AI controversy
  • lawsuit
  • Meta rulings
  • book drama

Keywords

  • Shy Girl
  • AI
  • lawsuit
  • Meta
  • horror novel
  • romantasy
  • book drama

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Multitude, Meta

Books & works: Shy Girl

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