and the person is getting a phd in english to boot 🫠

i read theory and i critically engage with literature bc i owe it to my community (the Black Diaspora, the Caribbean, islanders) to be a better person in order to work towards our liberation. it is out of love for my peoples that i do this

it’s also disingenuous to read theory (shallowly) then lord that knowledge over other people. theory and the analysis of it should not be reduced to dunks or social/cultural capital. why would you read it only to feel superior to people who may not even have access to it?

why is your engagement with theory so shallow that you can only name people who have harmful politics? decolonizing your tbr and theory should not mean engaging with works by ppl deeply entrenched in the structures and institutions that oppress and exploit us

why do you read theory? why do you “critically” engage with literature? is it just to dunk on people who may not have the resources you do? why are you not approaching theory and lit as a form of grappling and growth with your own prejudices and ideologies?

‪ask any of them to name a Black radical that isn’t fanon in 30 seconds and they’d combust‬

y peor contra una tipa que fue a oxbridge y ahora esta en yale y aun asi no puede escribir un libro que sea de buena calidad

aja, y QUIEN me hizo pensar que no se habia posteado! contestame bluskai!

jovani vazquez es MI batman

the 70s, 80s, and early aughts in particular all had really impactful and new ideas of what SF could be. being reductive and so narrow in your scope does a disservice to the discussion of the genre’s history and trajectory