yeah, wanted to read it first too
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minty
yay
i have heard some things abt it... is there a ton of profanity?
whenever i listen to lovecraft on the route it's borderline absurd timing. like, cosmic horror while i'm driving n then as soon as i pull up to a mailbox with an elderly black woman in her churchwear or some shit that's when a cat named nigger tom arrives or smth.
i have heard some things abt it... is there a ton of profanity?
whenever i listen to lovecraft on the route it's borderline absurd timing. like, cosmic horror while i'm driving n then as soon as i pull up to a mailbox with an elderly black woman in her churchwear or some shit that's when a cat named nigger tom arrives or smth.
Tech Noir
a group of evil people doing evil shit, and one of them is the devil himself, and supposedly the writer based them off this group
allthatsinteresting.com
This Scalp-Hunter Terrorized Native Americans — Until They Scalped Him
Before men like Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill invented their version of the Wild West, depraved cowboys like John Joel Glanton roamed the frontier.
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minty
knew abt the evilness. heard plenty abt the book on that end... maysam suggested reading abt cabeza de vaca. will have to look at tab tomorrow.
monday mail days are the heaviest n i am knackered... n it's midnight
monday mail days are the heaviest n i am knackered... n it's midnight
minty
yeh that article's not a surprise. a ton of stupid n aggravating shit went on in the "go west young man!" period.
y'know how it's a trope some white women will "rescue" an animal that's mindin' its own business off a porch to make themselves feel better cuz their life aint fulfilling?
they used to do that with native kids. also orientalized them in art n shit too
y'know how it's a trope some white women will "rescue" an animal that's mindin' its own business off a porch to make themselves feel better cuz their life aint fulfilling?
they used to do that with native kids. also orientalized them in art n shit too
Tech Noir
Orientalized? Explain.
minty
the colonizers lured ppl out there with the concept of the "american zahara" (sahara).
there's an entire short book on it. read it in a course back in grad school
mountainscholar.org
see the front page art they even painted a feather indian woman to mirror a dot-head indian woman.
fetishization of a shiny, new, weird culture and its exotic women.
iirc dude talked abt this in one of the apache videos how didn't matter source of tribe to "preserve culture" they did photosets of random natives in headdresses n leathers or on horseback regardless if they were coastal or plains
there's an entire short book on it. read it in a course back in grad school
Go east, young man: imagining the American West as the Orient
Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West-in other words, portrayal of the West as the 'Orient'--has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer...
mountainscholar.org
fetishization of a shiny, new, weird culture and its exotic women.
iirc dude talked abt this in one of the apache videos how didn't matter source of tribe to "preserve culture" they did photosets of random natives in headdresses n leathers or on horseback regardless if they were coastal or plains
minty
okay i was finally able to start the book today n bro's description of the comanche at the end of ch 4 did not have to go that hard but i do appreciate it
i got the audiobook the other day but haven't started it yet.
have you read it?