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not everyone can disconnect the author from their work, if looking at your tatto makes you think about your favourite book that keeps reminding you of how the author actively keeps making your life more miserable and considers you either a predator or a broken little girl - then yeah, maybe that tattoo is not the best thing to keep around
Pretty much. But i have a nitpick with the "death of the author" critique in relation to boycotts and moral positions.
I disconnect the author from their work in a judgment and appreciation sense: I'd never say Harry Potter isn't bad because Rowling wrote it. But promoting or purchasing their work provides tangible support to a shithead, so that's where I draw the line. If Ben-Gvir opened a kickass breakfast joint with the best waffles in the world, I could agree it has good food, but I'd hope people would understand as to why I'd refuse to eat there and shame anyone who did.
Quick note: Death of the Author is is not the same as separating the art from the artist. One's about literary analysis, the other is about morals.
That said I completely agree.
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oh yeah of course! i didn't go into that because that wasn't what i wanted to convey but absolutely. it's one thing to be able to disconnect the author from their work, and another thing to ~~disconnect your brain from your decision making~~ keep supporting their work financially or by spreading the word about it