[ SECRET POST #2088 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2088 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

DA

no, you shouldn't feel guilty about the time period you like. i, for example, like westerns. i also realize that i probably favor westerns because a white dominant society made those popular and exposed them to me as positive. i also realize this is a bad thing, that i should make an effort on my own to expose myself to many different cultures and stories that are not considered mainstream, or this cycle of endless favoritism for certain stories will never cease.

You make it sound like you're interested in other cultures not because they truly interest you, but because you feel guilty. I mean, I was always interested in Egyptian stories (although the only good Egyptian-influenced novel I have ever read was Terry Pratchett's Pyramids), but I'm not interested in, I don't know, Vietnamese culture, so why would I bother to read stories which are based on their culture? Broadening one's interests is nice, but doing it out of some social guilt you feel is incredibly disrespectful to other cultures, and honestly, it makes you sound like a hipster.

And btw 1. - if you write a novel about an entirely different culture than yours and you are not an author whom I've already liked before, there is an 80% chance that even if I'm interested in the culture you are writing about, I won't read it. A few weeks ago I wanted to read some Chinese crime stories, and all the recs I've found directed me to books written by American people and that killed my interest in those books instantly, I haven't even bothered to read the summaries. I'm not saying that it is impossible for an American to write a good story about the Chinese crime world, or that a European cannot write a phenomenal Western story (hey, Sergio Leone directed my favourite Westerns, after all!), and in some cases incredible works were created by blending two different worlds, unfortunately, in most cases, the final product is incredibly disillusioning.

And btw 2. - this cultural (and social, and political, etc.) favoritism happens in every country, in every culture. I don't say it's a good thing (I would kill to have more stories which are set in Egypt, the Before-Conquests Latin America, Siberia, Medieval/18-19th century Fantasy which are set in Fantasy Spain/Eastern European countries/Russia/Nordic countries, etc.), but it is not a new or unique phenomenon, or something that will ever change in the future, or something that one should be ashamed of.