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What We Talk About When We Talk About Canons

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Canons

DongWon
Aug 11, 2020
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Canons

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The idea of the canon is outdated, colonialist, racist, sexist, and anti-queer. It’s easy to say that this is only true because old stuff is colonialist, racist, sexist, and anti-queer, but that’s a bullshit cop out. People who aren’t white men didn’t suddenly appear, fully formed like Athena once Al Gore invented the internet. And brilliant people who aren’t white men have been doing incredible work all along.

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