Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   jacobian (jacob@social.jacobian.org)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 17:56:38 JST jacobian

   “Separate the art from the artist” is an idea from literary criticism: it’s about giving you permission to talk about what the art _does_ without having to argue about whether the artist _intended_ that effect.

   It’s not a moral framework! It doesn’t say anything about how to feel about buying a product, art or otherwise, that supports creators with odious opinions.

   It’s not incongruent to be totally subscribed to the Death of the Author and also not want to buy any Harry Potter stuff.

   • Embed this notice
     Glyph (glyph@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 17:57:01 JST Glyph

     in reply to

     • Christopher Neugebauer

     @chrisjrn @jacob hard to pretend the author is dead when the author is literally alive and trying to shiv you and all your friends

     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ repeated this.
   • Embed this notice
     Christopher Neugebauer (chrisjrn@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 17:57:01 JST Christopher Neugebauer

     in reply to

     • Glyph

     @glyph @jacob when "death of the author" is a preference and not a critical framework

   • Embed this notice
     Christopher Neugebauer (chrisjrn@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 17:57:02 JST Christopher Neugebauer

     in reply to

     @jacob especially when the creative work in question is still in copyright and paying royalties and/or licensing fees to the author.