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interesting when authors& #39; lifelong fixations and neuroses and pain come through their writing
reading a book by Octavia Butler I hadn& #39;t read before
note: she was known to be a rather odd woman, never married, intensely isolated
reading a book by Octavia Butler I hadn& #39;t read before
note: she was known to be a rather odd woman, never married, intensely isolated
...and a common theme in her books is coerced companionship, people thrown together such that they *must* stay with one another, deep biological imprinting to the point where people die without their bonded companion& #39;s presence
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she was also a tall, butch looking, black, probably queer woman...and born in 1947
another common theme is people acknowledging but functionally not worrying too much about all of these facts about her characters
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another common theme is people acknowledging but functionally not worrying too much about all of these facts about her characters
and she died young. poor lady.
ok I& #39;m super mad about this I read the Wikipedia section on themes in her work and NOBODY HAS NOTICED THE LONELINESS
am I going to have to write a Literature paper gdi
am I going to have to write a Literature paper gdi
everyone wants to talk about her feminist themes and her writing as a Marginalized Person but nobody& #39;s noticing that these are the self-insert fantasies of a strange, lonely little girl
*that& #39;s* fucking dehumanizing
*that& #39;s* fucking dehumanizing
on the topic of marginalized traits
her stories are stories in which they are acknowledged as Important but not defining
(exception is maybe Kindred which I haven& #39;t yet read)
her characters acknowledge such traits *exactly the right amount and no more*
her stories are stories in which they are acknowledged as Important but not defining
(exception is maybe Kindred which I haven& #39;t yet read)
her characters acknowledge such traits *exactly the right amount and no more*
these motherfuckers could be having much more interesting conversations about literature if they weren& #39;t so concerned w/cramming them into Race and Gender and Queer Experiences
I& #39;m not even saying those themes are bad to talk about I& #39;m just saying you can talk about other stuff
a tumblr mutual had a nice bit about Representation in fiction
how there are more ways to feel represented through writing than just race and sex and sexuality
I don& #39;t identify with being a black girl in the 50s but I do identify with being a weird precocious lonely child
how there are more ways to feel represented through writing than just race and sex and sexuality
I don& #39;t identify with being a black girl in the 50s but I do identify with being a weird precocious lonely child
