#That being gay or an artist or working on women's magazines doesn't stop someone from being antisemitic

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Bro dark academia is literally not that deep a bunch of people were like "old books and soft lighting and Oscar Wilde quotes are pretty let's look at those things to make us happy" and now a bunch of people are like that's classism? My man poor people can like argyle and brick buildings we all know that actual academia has major issues it's literally just an aesthetic relax

#Source im fucking poor dude I just like old books #Edit I think people also point out racism and sexism in classic lit as reasons why da is bad and if they don't they should #But like here's the thing #We aren't stupid. We know that writers from a hundred years ago were racist and sexist #Writers now are racist and sexist #We read it critically to learn if we're doing it correctly #Like if you're in to Da enough to be reading the books and shit you should also be reading critically #My favorite playwright is Oscar Wilde #I think the way he uses timing and dialog is excellent I think his humor is hilarious and I think I can try my best to use him to make #Myself a better writer #Was he antisemitic? Yes. He wasn't a nazi or anything but most people then were and he's no exception #NOT AN EXCUSE IT'S STILL BAD #I can say 'Oscar Wilde was a good playwright' and 'Oscar Wilde was not a good person' in the same breath that's not a contradiction #I'm reading critically. I'm understanding the things that were bad. I'm using his work to learn about his time #If we never look at works that aren't perfect art won't exist anymore #And if we don't understand that otherwise good seeming people can be hateful #That people can be complicated #That being gay or an artist or working on women's magazines doesn't stop someone from being antisemitic #Then we develop a black and white view of the world that let's evil take over because it's hiding itself #I got way off topic #Most folks with da blogs don't care this much they just like the brick buildings with gray filters and good for them they're fucking pretty