The UK Independent reports that feminist writer Roxane Gay has pulled her upcoming book from publication by Simon & Schuster to protest that publisher paying gay conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos a reported $250,000 for his own book. 

Gay's book, ironically titled How to be Heard, was set to be published in March 2018 by TED Books -- until Gay learned that TED is an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

"I can't in good conscience let them publish it while they also publish Milo. So I told my agent over the weekend to pull the project," she stated.

For striking a deal with Milo, Simon & Schuster has come under fire from intolerant progressives who label speech they disagree with "hate." The Chicago Review of Books, for example, has declared it will not review any books from S&S this year in retaliation for Milo's deal. Celebrities with way too much time on their hands have called out S&S for giving him a platform.

"When the announcement about Milo’s book first came out," Gay explained,

"I was relieved because I thought I didn’t have a book with Simon & Schuster and tweeted something to that effect.

"Then I remembered my TED Book and that TED is an imprint of Simon & Schuster. I was supposed to turn the book in this month and I kept thinking about how egregious it is to give someone like Milo a platform for his blunt, inelegant hate and provocation. I just couldn’t bring myself to turn the book in.

Milo will no doubt be appalled at the accusation that his work is "inelegant."

"I guess I’m putting my money where my mouth is," says Gay. "And to be clear, this isn’t about censorship. Milo has every right to say what he wants to say, however distasteful I and many others find it to be. He doesn’t have a right to have a book published by a major publisher but he has, in some bizarre twist of fate, been afforded that privilege."

Milo doesn’t have a right to be published by a major publisher? Why not? Because the left doesn't want any other viewpoint "to be heard," that's why not.

"I’m not interested in doing business with a publisher willing to grant him that privilege," Gay continued.

That's certainly her choice, but the end result is that Milo will be heard and Gay might have to change her title to How Not to be Heard.