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⌈ Secret Post #3547 ⌋

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tw: for orson scott card and sick stuff that happens in his novel

[esteefee]

I don't think it's imperative. I do find it helpful to me personally to be a little wary when approaching the works of someone I know has views I think don't match my own for whatever reason. Like a water filter or something. So my brain doesn't get lead poisoning.

Again: trigger warning here for Orson Scott Card: I read OSC when I was too young to understand what I was drinking. I'm thinking specifically of The Songmaster, a story in which a perfectly awesome, brilliant prodigy of a child singer is chemically castrated for having same-sex desires during his first, burgeoning sexual encounter. Oh, and even worse stuff happens to his older teen boyfriend.

The first time I read it my heart was torn up. I didn't understand why Ansset had to be permanently damaged for such an innocent, sweet encounter. The punishment was...forgive me, but it was biblical, and nothing in universe supported it as a sin, at least in Ansset's mind.

Later, when I came to understand what a homophobe OSC is, it all became very clear. If I'd known before I approached the book, I could have read it through that critical lens. But I didn't.

Another example is Frank Sinatra. I adore Frank Sinatra. He had strong attachments to the mob, but it didn't really seem to affect his musical selections, more his venues and the whole casino angle, which happened long before I was born. He also was a supporter of racial equality, and that did affect his musical choices and whom he worked with and the careers he helped. He was also kind of a sexist, but so were a lot of people back then.

I love his music. I filter my enjoyment through the fact back then everybody sang songs about dames and even though the mob started up his career, his payback didn't appear to affect the message of his artistry. I still listen to, purchase, and enjoy his stuff.

Anyway, that's my own philosophy. Nobody else's.

Sorry for the screed. :)

Re: tw: for orson scott card and sick stuff that happens in his novel

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Ole Blue Eyes support for and of the mob was helped him break down racial boundaries. It gave him the muscle to implement his desire to break racial taboos and it gave him the opportunity to develop creatively to the point where he could use money to break those taboos. Without the mob backing him, then he'd never have achieved squat.