I mostly read (hard) sci-fi written by straight white dudes, so the tweet on the screenshot made me feel a bit defensive. In the replies and qrts people are patting themselves on the back for reading marginalized fantasy writers exclusively and this "consumption as activism" seems rad-libby to me, but maybe I'm wrong.

  • blight [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    it has more of an effect on the world than posting, which is saying very little. i think in the end the question is "where is our time best spent" and that is a much bigger question

    • Anemasta [any]
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      3 years ago

      I don't think the point is that reading a fantasy book written by a black woman is an effective way to fight oppression, but that if you're going to read a fantasy book you should buy one by a marginalized author. I guess there's a material component if the author actually gets money, but I haven't paid for a book in like fifteen years. Libgen baby!

        • Anemasta [any]
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          3 years ago

          But I don't want original. I want the same books Peter Watts and Greg Egan had written twenty years ago.

            • Anemasta [any]
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              3 years ago

              But I get glimpses occasionally. I'm sure I can get back. Peter Watts is probably writing Blindsight 3 right now...

              • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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                3 years ago

                I think reading Peter Watts as your comfort books is about the most distressing idea I've heard expressed today.