What’s with people publicly praising problematic authors…
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What’s with people publicly praising problematic authors and calling them high in morality?
I recently came across a post which was calling out Sylvia Plath on the racism which is portrayed in her books and the derogatory terms used to describe women of color. Which I totally agree with, and lo and behold I open the comments to dozens of women disagreeing and calling Sylvia a very feminist woman and an icon of feminism, I was positively appalled… I am not saying you cannot enjoy classic literature despite the racism, but completely ignoring it and praising a racist author’s moral stance is beyond me… and defending her because it was normal back then, no less! Yet this standard is only applied to women (e.g: Mary Shelly) and I have never seen people defend H.P lovecraft with such vigor…
Do not get me wrong, I am not against the reading of classic literature as I read it myself, but viewing authors with very narrow and problematic mindsets in such a high morality ground is appalling…
#entertainment
I recently came across a post which was calling out Sylvia Plath on the racism which is portrayed in her books and the derogatory terms used to describe women of color. Which I totally agree with, and lo and behold I open the comments to dozens of women disagreeing and calling Sylvia a very feminist woman and an icon of feminism, I was positively appalled… I am not saying you cannot enjoy classic literature despite the racism, but completely ignoring it and praising a racist author’s moral stance is beyond me… and defending her because it was normal back then, no less! Yet this standard is only applied to women (e.g: Mary Shelly) and I have never seen people defend H.P lovecraft with such vigor…
Do not get me wrong, I am not against the reading of classic literature as I read it myself, but viewing authors with very narrow and problematic mindsets in such a high morality ground is appalling…
#entertainment
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