Dune, Bigotry, CSA
Reasons why I won't ever read dune again, and why I chucked my copies in the garbage years ago:
The novels are a racist "white savior" narrative
The novels are sexist and perpetuate the myth that women can just "shut down" a pregnancy at will
Cultural appropriation is all over the place
Paul Atreides and other central characters are literally the product of a eugenics program
The novels are homophobic and fatphobic due to Baron Harkonen's portrayal
Books 5 and 6 include themes of sexual assault through the Honored Matres, and each of those two books includes a scene where a minor being raped. Both scenes are worse than they sound.
re: Dune, Bigotry, CSA
@AshBunny ugh >,<
re: Dune, Bigotry, CSA
@Zauberin yeah