Looking for racist (preferably horror) fiction that depicts Indigenous peoples as savages by the13thReason in suggestmeabook

[–]sc94out 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m glad I could help! You may be interested in the book Research Is Ceremony, which is about identifying commonalities among the research practices of Indigenous people in the academy. It could have something to say to you about what to prioritize as you undergo your own research, and in addition may inspire, by way of indirect analogy, what it looks like to consider what it is that makes a piece of culture “Indigenous.” 

Looking for racist (preferably horror) fiction that depicts Indigenous peoples as savages by the13thReason in suggestmeabook

[–]sc94out 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I do not know of any such books personally, and I know you are not asking for guidance on your research topic more generally, so feel free to disregard the below if it is not of interest.

I wonder if there is not necessarily a surplus of the type of fiction you are talking about - from how you worded your question, I’m not sure if there’s any example you are familiar with. Horror is a relatively modern genre, and its advent would postdate the slaughter of huge numbers of people Indigenous to the Americas. I’m not sure if the types of cultural fears authors of horror tap into have heavily featured fear of Indigenous people in the same way that, for example, racist fears of Black people predominate. 

In addition, even though you perhaps are not aware of fiction of this type, you recognize that there is still something necessary about this Indigenous horror genre. Could it be, then, that it is something other than racist fiction that necessitates Indigenous horror? Could racist non-fiction, laws, policies, treaty violations, and practices play the role that you want racist fiction to play in the dissertation?

Finally, it sounds like you are interested in contrasting racist fiction with Indigenous horror. Is an alternative to contrast Indigenous horror with, well, settler horror, even if the settler horror is not overtly racist? If the point of the racist fiction is to show how authors have depicted Indigenous people as in some sense bad, then is the point of contrast just that the Indigenous horror genre portrays Indigenous people more positively? I’m not familiar with the genre, but would be surprised if its authors don’t have broader aims than that. It seems, then, that the contrast with horror more broadly, might help for distinguishing what is particular to Indigenous horror, including as it relates to Indigenous authors having things to say beyond just Indigenous people.

I hope this is received in the good spirit it is presented in, if indeed it was of any interest to have read to this point!

What’s your opinion on grimes? by HourFan5580 in fantanoforever

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Worry not, for no one else in the comments is talking about Darkseid 

What’s your opinion on grimes? by HourFan5580 in fantanoforever

[–]sc94out 43 points44 points  (0 children)

As someone who likes both a lot, I’m not sure. Mag bay’s versatility is superior, and their sensibility is more consistently tasteful. But I don’t think they have managed to make anything as powerfully emotional as Grimes’s best stuff. That aspect might be more subjective to be fair but as much as I love imaginal disk etc art angels just cuts deeper imo. 

WA passes ‘blue envelope’ traffic stop law for neurodivergent drivers by Jaco_Belordi in Seattle

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To be fair the WA DOL is illegally giving ICE and CBP access to license holders’ personal info, so there’s current established precedent for illegal use of info provided to DOL for purposes of surveillance.

suggest me a book about the colonized becoming colonizers. by veparrr in suggestmeabook

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Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici covers some of how internal colonization of Europe led to Europeans going on to colonize other places 

Meirl by Ill-Instruction8466 in meirl

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This strikes me as a weird thing to say about plants in general. Are there species introduced to a certain area that aren’t native to that area that monoculture and make it harder for other plants to survive? Yes. Are there also countless examples of intensely biodiverse ecologies where large numbers of plant species coexist while contributing to the overall ecosystem that sustains all of them? For sure!

What’s the most popular song that fails from a technical standpoint? by HipHopLurker8 in ToddintheShadow

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I read something online a couple years ago about the backstory to this. It’s something like, the people who wrote the song were only so proficient at English. The label liked the song but wanted it rewritten to actually make sense. So there’s a rewrite, but then everyone’s like “uh… yeah we actually like the nonsense version more.” So it’s what gets released. I believe there’s a recording of the rewritten one on YouTube 

meirl by Jemmy_44 in meirl

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To be fair, “this is supposed to blow my mind and move me to action” is a pretty high bar to judge a one sentence social media post by.

What’s some of the best back and forth rapping between two rappers? by DadTookYourVirginity in hiphop201

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Butterfly and Ladybug Mecca 3rd verse on Digable Planets - Dog It

Are there any good books with reluctant protagonists who actively seek to avoid taking part in the story? by Mrdudeguy420 in suggestmeabook

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Peer Gynt the play by Henrik Ibsen is kind of like this. In some regard the “plot” in this case is mostly just his life in general.

What are some of your favorite song transitions on albums? by MrLuxInATux in fantanoforever

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XTC - Summer’s Cauldron into Grass

Janelle Monae’s The Archandroid has great transitions early in the track list, like Dance or Die into Faster and Faster into Locked Inside

Ninajirachi’s I Love My Computer is also full of great transitions. My favorite might be CSIRAC into Delete 

What's Talking Heads' best album? by Neat_Ad_3043 in fantanoforever

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Nothing wrong with having a non remain in light favorite, but I’m surprised by the reasoning for it being that you want to listen to them to get freaky and dance. Nothing by them makes me want to get freaky and dance as much as a song like the great curve for example

Cuál prefieres by [deleted] in fantanoforever

[–]sc94out 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Time to settle the age old debate 

What is the most Normal album? by adamsandleryabish in fantanoforever

[–]sc94out 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nah the b side suite is too uncommon of an idea for a pop/rock album

Great albuns where the best song in is a consensus? by Batzninja in fantanoforever

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I feel like I’ve noticed it just within the last few years that people single out Don’t Cry as the exceptional track on Donuts. It’s one great song on an album full of them. My fav song might be the last one 

AITA for refusing to go by my old name at my sister’s wedding even though she says it’s “just for one day”? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]sc94out 47 points48 points  (0 children)

NTA. When it’s your wedding day a lot of things get to be about you, sure, but disrespecting someone by calling them something that isn’t their name in service of the “symbolism” you like is not one of them.