Kori Bing on Twitter wrote:remember, if someone tries to tell you that Lovecraft wasn’t racist as all shit and you don’t want to go into a whole thing about why they’re wrong, just ask if they know what his cat’s name was and walk away.
Naiive little me: /Googles/ I wonder how bad it--
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A mask, any mask, whether horned like a beast or feathered like an angel is the face of immortality. Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide. - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
The only thing surprising is he used 2 words. I knew exactly what it was going to be. (He named a cat in The Rats in the Walls after it...or possibly vice versa...don't know whether the real or fictional cat came first.) And, I mean...this is Lovecraft. Dude was racist as hell, man.
I've never read Lovecraft. I've never been fond of horror which is what I hear the dude specialized in (or what was horror for his time anyway). So this was a surprise to me. The first link in the Google search was about the book and how he owned a cat by the same name until 1901. I did not click it.
A mask, any mask, whether horned like a beast or feathered like an angel is the face of immortality. Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide. - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
The only thing surprising is he used 2 words. I knew exactly what it was going to be. (He named a cat in The Rats in the Walls after it...or possibly vice versa...don't know whether the real or fictional cat came first.) And, I mean...this is Lovecraft. Dude was racist as hell, man.
He would often make anti-semitic remarks and his wife would have to remind him she fell under that category.
Affro Shaman of the Forum and Deranged Elder Lynx of the Caves. Perpetuater of warm-hearted irrelevance and lynx kitteh of affectionate inflictions.
Artemisia wrote:Wait...are we reenacting Ma3 here with ballistic cats?
I've never been fond of horror which is what I hear the dude specialized in (or what was horror for his time anyway).
Not just for his age, it's horror for all ages, especially the end of ages...
There are some Lovecraft stories like The Street where his racism shimmers through, yes, but luckily, most of his writings (that was my impression, at least) is free of it.
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Sithlord of the Sithling and best customer of McLovecraft's , in the business of keeping the little Platypus in business Moderations in GREEN and signed by the DAMNed. I am not anonymous! Also, MODSMACK!! Winner of the... 2010 Kilopost FRANKIE; 2010 Mad March Nom Off; 2010 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2010 Fan-Thing Contest; 2010 Mimic Contest (tied); 2011 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2011 Contest-for-the-next-Contest (tied)
I've had Zoot Suit Riot stuck in my head for the last two days. The thing is, since I know Grapefruit Diet's lyrics better, the two bleed into each other. It's not even witty, just a bleed of the two songs together.
"Who's that whispering in the trees?
It's just me cause I love to eat."
A mask, any mask, whether horned like a beast or feathered like an angel is the face of immortality. Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide. - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Sithlord of the Sithling and best customer of McLovecraft's , in the business of keeping the little Platypus in business Moderations in GREEN and signed by the DAMNed. I am not anonymous! Also, MODSMACK!! Winner of the... 2010 Kilopost FRANKIE; 2010 Mad March Nom Off; 2010 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2010 Fan-Thing Contest; 2010 Mimic Contest (tied); 2011 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2011 Contest-for-the-next-Contest (tied)