( If you're going to argue about a text's metaphorical or allegorical representations of race, you may want to take a look at how it treats *actual people of color* before forming your conclusions about the subversion of racial stereotypes. )

Cultural Appropriation & Writing Fantasy Outside Western TraditionNot all fantasy fiction is, or indeed should, come from faery, from Middle Earth, from Tolkien or from other Western European traditions. Not everything should be pseudo-medieval in nature, and it seems that more and more fantasy authors are drawing upon other cultural frameworks in ( Read more... )

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In the tradition of How to Suppress Women's Writing …

How to Suppress Discussions of Racism

Tired of discussions of racism in literature, television, and film? Worn out from the unexpected criticism of your leisure pursuits? Exhausted by the ( Read more... )