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There’s also Linda Fairstein, while technically she didn’t have a book canceled, she was dropped by her publisher which means she’s going to have to find a new one or self publish. Which really does get to the root of the issue here. These days it’s not terribly hard to self publish. You don’t need a lot of cash to do it, and if you don’t do a print version or do print on demand you can still have an ebook. I’d imagine getting it on to the various ecosystems out there may take some doing. But it’s still very possible. |
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I see 3 questions here--
1. Should we separate the works from what we know of the authors' views and intentions? I would say no. Tolkien's works may be a good example, since his works incorporate a lot of racist attitudes, as well as royalist tropes about descent have been interpreted as racist ones, even as he's trying to oppose racism. 2. Or the authors' other actions? I think it depends. P.S. And railroading 5 black kids is *relevant* when someone is writing mystery or crime, or frankly anything involving American society. 3. Should we refuse to read and/or support certain works because they might fund or signal-boost or otherwise support evil? I think we should refuse to support some. Of course No Ethical Consumption and all that... I see this as a matter of criticism and choice, not censorship. I haven't read the Princeton letter and wouldn't feel qualified to weigh in on it if I had. Is there another question I'm missing here? Last edited by MarjaE; 07-16-2020 at 11:48 AM. |
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Tolkien a racist? Gosh, I guess if I had any orc blood in me, I might be upset at him. |
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Still, we shouldn't measure him with the 21st century yardstick, as always in such cases. |
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It's a tough question for you. Me, I happily read everything I want to read, no matter who the author is.
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Most men before the late 20th century felt women were inferior to men. Should we stop reading every male writer before that time?
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Most of the works that are in the same universe that Lovecraft made don't require you to have read any Lovecraft. I'd actually be surprised if any really do. You might get more from the second hand works if you'd read Lovecraft, but you could probably get through everything having read wikipedia entries for his work. And if folks are going to object to even that, well I think we'd have to agree to disagree at that point. |
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