#Lovecraft

Alison Cybe, writing tabletop RPGs

cyberawolf

Three episodes in with Lovecraft Country.So, Lovecraft did a lot for the horror genre. But his work was permeated by his racism, to the point where a lot of it

Bobby D.

Ancient0History

"Thus glandular injections, as well as the Steinach operation (which renders an external secretion internal by making gonads wholly ductless), often cause complete changes in emotional life."- H. P. Lovecraft

Seanan McGuire

seananmcguire

Okay, a public service announcement:One of the "fun" things about people finally realizing that Lovecraft was a racist, misogynistic fucker is the "cancellation" of the Mythos.https://twitter.com/casskhaw/status/13421162

Brandon Downey

bdowney

Finally caught up on some media and finally saw ep 1 of Lovecraft Country. It does the thing Watchmen did, which was show you American racism in the contest of

Larisa Berger

berglar

Quite honestly—and I don’t say this lightly—if you’re white and you haven’t really given Lovecraft Country a shot you need to look deep within yourself. It’s an uncomfortable ride but

Jairus Khotun Khan

JairusKhan

Lovecraft was mega racist and fucked up but dismissing his work as 'tentacle monsters' or reducing it to a Cthulhu plushie just handed handwaves away the need writers have to

Bobby D.

Ancient0History

Lovecraft, racism, and "the man of his time" argument. A thread. If you read an online argument about H. P. Lovecraft and his racism, someone at some point will point

Daniel José Older

djolder

#LovecraftCountry is explicitly a counternarrative to Lovecraft's racism. Highly recommendhttps://twitter.com/adriprints/status/1293180038427287555 #LovecraftCountry is tonight so let's get this out of the way:—HPL was an even r

Joyous Cosplayer Emotional Bargaining Chip

AlasdairStuart

Real quick because I have actual work to do today, the thing I think gets overlooked a lot about Campbell and Lovecraft is the shadow they cast. Campbell's specific definition

Wish You a Merry Kris-mas || BLM

hammard_1987

Here are my own disorganized thoughts on the Retro Hugos.Now I enjoy them but also I recognize there are big problems with them.On the positive I enjoy researching them, preparing

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Macarthur fellow and Hugo-award-winner @nkjemisin's 2019 book "The City We Became" is both a fantastic contemporary fantasy novel and a scorching commentary on the infantile nature of the racist dogma

The Shockxas Chandsaw Massacre

ShockaholicYT

I would like to chime in once again on the discussion regarding Cosmic Horror brought up by @FormaldehydeFce As I study the Grotesque as a concept, the mind drifts into

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

I've been thinking about this and there's really a lot in common between HP Lovecraft and JK Rowling. Honestly. Seriously. And no, not just the fact both have/had repugnant horrid

kyle a.b.

kyalbr

I was talking to a friend last night about Lovecraft and why the book and the first episode worked so much for me. It’s that race was an original American

Jorge, of the Wired

ResistingMordor

1 like= 1 unpopular opinion, let's see what I've got Russia isn't necessarily a trustworthy "based" power- it's dominated by Mogilevich's mafia network- and it isn't necessarily in opposition to

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

just a note on this. a fair number of fans are not happy with this review, and even confused about why I'd talk about race and racism at all. 1https://twitter.com/NBCNewsTHINK/status/1348337114157604864

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.