Read this book when it was initially published & found it more frightening than any Stephen King or H. P. Lovecraft fiction because I could imagine her vision becoming an actual reality. Have loved her work since the 70's when I came across her first Mind of My Mind for $1 in a used book store.
I am absolutely dumbfounded that this is the first time she’s been on the New York Times Best Sellers’ List.
This is the kind of thing that makes me wish I believed in heaven, because I wish Ms. Butler could see this herself. I love her books and I’m glad to see her getting her due as a real literary treasure.
One of the moments in my life that I’ll never forget was meeting Octavia Butler in 1998 at Lunacon. I was an SF con vet by then, and it was the first and only time the guest of honor was someone who looked like me. I don’t remember what I said to her--I think it was incoherent, because I was so overwhelmed. I do…
The only one of her books I’ve read is Kindred and I’m long overdue to read others. Better late than never!
That’s actually amazing! I’m sure my inner cynic could try to find some corporate reason for this, but it’d probably have to go into Q-anon levels of BS to do it.
Word. I was in this moment just last year. Still settling in the moment right now. When I got to that part, I was gutted. Whew.
This news made me so happy yesterday for no reason. Love her and just so happy for her
LOVE, Niecy! She got herself a gorgeous butch, like “Silent Anne” on Claws. Also: if you haven’t see it, look up “Getting ON” (the American version) on HBO, with Niecy, Laurie Metcalf and Alex Borstein. Niecy shows her serious acting chops.
The best kind of mayhem and foolishness.
Good for her, congrats!
Honest question, though:
What a weird way to tell everybody you didn’t know there’s a search function at the top of the page.
For the record, the difference here is that American takes are broadcast far and wide, because believe it or not, if you’re not American, most of the content that gets to you over the Internet, let alone through traditional media, is still in English and from the US.
Cultural appropriation is about power dynamics (a powerful group appropriating from a disadvantaged group with no consideration of the effects).
4. Is your current community/culture oppressing that community/culture?
Dunno if that’s a step too far, but that’s where I’ve been making my line. Because it doesn’t matter if this hairstyle/dress/food is actually stifling their opportunities or not, if your entire community/culture is actually stifling their opportunit…
I think where appropriation gets so complicated, for me, is the fact that the damage of appropriation is so frequently due to the wider world which isn’t interested in engaging in context or nuance.
I don’t think it does anything to normalize these hair styles when worn by black people. It only provides cover for the bans against such hair styles that folks impose intending to target black folks. If they can say “oh no it wasn’t racial. See? Adele wore them.” They use that as an excuse because they’re definitely…
Yeah - it’s the sort of thing that, even if done with the best of intentions, is walking into a minefield. And while in a perfect world she could wear such hairstyles in appreciation/celebration and no one would think anything else of it, we most certainly do not live in a perfect world. There is too much baggage…
