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In the same time they're claiming Algeria is woke and sent a trans woman, they also claim Algerians are backwards who beat up women.

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[–] Philosophosphorous@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yea 'i promise its better if you completely ignore the context and history of its creation' is not the artistic win they think it is lol, like for really great art you want to know more, you want to know how it was made and by who and what lead to the ideas behind it and what influences the artist(s) drew from, this 'death of the author' thing is classic reddit-ism championing less engagement and less intellectual rigor in our media and art discourses, demanding you 'turn off your brain' and divest yourself of all critical reasoning so you can 'shut up and enjoy' the corporate slop without too much friction. its anti-intellectualism and anti-art, even anti-humanity.

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

this 'death of the author' thing is classic reddit-ism championing less engagement and less intellectual rigor in our media and art discourses,

Depends on how its used. If anything I see things like "your autism headcanon is wrong because the author didn't intend that" as a reddit-ism.

Sometimes its used that way, sometimes its not. Most people citing it have no idea what the entirety of Barthe's theory was anyway. They can mean anything from "I dont think I should have to engage with the reality of the LIVING author's intent, the blatant bigotry in the work, and the actual hateful things they are actively doing in the world" to "I dont care if its intended, [character] reads [neurodiverse or queer] to me".

[–] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have never heard of it on reddit and only on this site

[–] Philosophosphorous@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

literally google the phrase 'death of the author reddit' it is absolutely a thing that is discussed there. your personal internet anecdotes are not all-encompassing objective universal truths.

[–] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

or reddits "culture" just changed since I stopped using it lol