My interpretation of Cersei Lannister, for example, is far, far different from that of GRRM or D&D, because I refuse to base it solely on the text itself. I did a whole Twitter thread about that, and I'll recreate it here eventually. 5/5

https://twitter.com/autogynamelia/status/1397611468833447936

#socialmedia #tumblr #deathoftheauthor #fiction #menwritingwomen #patriarchy #misogyny #asongoficeandfire #gameofthrones #cerseilannister #asoiaf #asoi&f #cersei

I simply don't accept a cishet male author's statements about his female characters as "canon", especially when it comes to his female villains. I view it with the same type of skepticism with which I view a cishet man's account of his "crazy" ex-girlfriend. 4/5

#socialmedia #tumblr #deathoftheauthor #fiction #menwritingwomen #patriarchy #misogyny

A cishet male author has biases shaped by the misogynistic patriarchal culture that birthed him, reared him, and privileged him, and I expect those biases to manifest in his writing, especially with his female characters, so I view his words about them skeptically. 3/5.

#socialmedia #tumblr #deathoftheauthor #fiction #menwritingwomen #patriarchy #misogyny

These days, I always treat a cishet male author writing female characters, especially female villains, as if he were an unreliable narrator speaking from a perspective that has been filtered through the lens of his own biases, a voice that is neither objective nor omniscient. 2/5

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In all seriousness, female characters written by cishet male authors are where I get the most Death-of-The-Authory in my consumption of fiction these days. 1/5

https://www.tumblr.com/reasoncourt/704109567109431296/i-love-all-the-people-saying-they-blame-male

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#poetry
#nytimes
#deathoftheauthor
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"Death of the author" is a literature analysis philosophy, not something you are owed to every artist to protect their works from their actions.

#jkrowling #harrypotter #terf #DeathOfTheAuthor

"Death of the author" is a literature analysis philosophy, not something you are owed to every artist to protect their works from their actions.

#jkrowling #harrypotter #terf #DeathOfTheAuthor

I’m wondering– how do other people feel about “death of the author?” I’m really not a fan of it– I think the author’s life + beliefs are typically very visible in their work, no matter how much you try to pretend they’re not. I see the “Emma Watson wrote Harry Potter” tweets as immature.
But I’m wondering how common this view is. What do you guys think?

#books #bookstodon #author #writing #writer #harrypotter #jkrowling #jkr #deathoftheauthor #ask

I’m wondering– how do other people feel about “death of the author?” I’m really not a fan of it– I think the author’s life + beliefs are typically very visible in their work, no matter how much you try to pretend they’re not. I see the “Emma Watson wrote Harry Potter” tweets as immature.
But I’m wondering how common this view is. What do you guys think?

#books #bookstodon #author #writing #writer #harrypotter #jkrowling #jkr #deathoftheauthor #ask

"My" author died yesterday -- I feel so discombobulated.
https://dbaplanb.wordpress.com/2022/11/30/playwright-ljubomir-durkovic/
I wrote up an obit for my blog, posted his bio, sent condolences to two writers I met through him (now friends), but feel generally at a loss...
Have any of you dealt with this situation? I was so lucky to have worked with him, to have been able to ask questions, get his feedback... I heard he was working on another play. Sigh and sigh again...
@literarytranslation #LiteraryTranslation #DeathOfTheAuthor (literally!)

I really wish Richard Morgan wasn't a TERF. Altered Carbon and trans-ness feel like they should mix well. But Richard Morgan supports She-who-shall-not-be-named, and I don't know how I feel about trying to reclaim it.

The thought of an Altered Carbon ouroboros tattoo would really symbolize my realization and re-birth of who am I am, but I don't know how to separate it from the author.

#Trans #tattoo #DeathOfTheAuthor #ARGH

In the mid-80s Julian Barnes imagines a sort of Wikipedia sourced from all available human knowledge, run by what seems to be a Labour government intent on turning quote-unquote #scholars and #writers into anonymous "source-providers" for the Machine...
(Staring at the Sun, 1986)
#DeathOfTheAuthor

am I defending gordle or threatening it? that's for you to decide #DeathOfTheAuthor