The Ink Sink

2.10: Return of the Problematic Authors

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Warning: This episode contains discussions of transphobia and racism.

This episode also contains cursing. Because some of these people are just s*** bags.

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Our sources for this week’s show:

  • Warner Brothers developing a new Harry Potter series: https://deadline.com/2023/04/harry-potter-tv-series-max-release-date-cast-1235323284/
  • Recent controversy surrounding old Dr. Seuss books:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/books/dr-seuss-books.html
  • Robin James writing in the Journal of Popular Music Studies: Feminist responses to the “can we separate artwork from artist” question in the era of #MeToo popular feminism: https://online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article/32/4/75/114312/Must-Be-Love-On-The-Brain-Feminist-responses-to
  • Phillip Deen writing in Studies in American Humor: Separating the Art From the Artist in Stand-Up Comedy: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/studamerhumor.5.2.0288
  • Fansplaining episode on writing trans characters: https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes/166-writing-trans-characters

    • The last time we published this episode, we received questions on where people could go to educate themselves about some of the problematic public figures we talked about. We’ve gathered some sources into a list below.

    Warning: THIS LIST CONTAINS TRANSPHOBIA, NAZISM, RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, ANTISEMITISM, SEXISM, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND ABUSE.

    • Vox gives a timeline of Rowling’s comments and actions around trans people (with links included so that you can read her statements and judge for yourself): https://www.vox.com/culture/23622610/jk-rowling-transphobic-statements-timeline-history-controversy
    • (Not the thread Annie was reading at the time, but still comprehensive) Historian’s discussion of Lovecraft’s white supremacist
      • views: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/hpgbgy/h_p_lovecrafts_racism_and_views_on_white/
    • From 2013, Salon gathers links to sources for Orson Scott Card’s comments on gay people (again, with links, so you can
      • judge for yourself): https://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/sci_fi_icon_orson_scott_card_hates_fan_fiction_the_homosexual_agenda_partner/
    • German composer Richard Wagner’s antisemitism entry in the Encyclopedia Brittanica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Wagner-German-composer/Wagners-anti-Semitism
    • Tippi Hedren accuses Alfred Hitchcock of assault: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/31/tippi-hedren-alfred-hitchcock-sexually-assaulted-me
    • The Southern Poverty Law Center’s discussion guide on sexism in the civil rights movement: https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/sexism-in-the-civil-rights-movement-a-discussion-guide
    • A measured look at Gandhi’s history and legacy: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766083651/gandhi-is-deeply-revered-but-his-attitudes-on-race-and-sex-are-under-scrutiny
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