Art is designed to make us uncomfortable, that’s the whole point—unless that art doesn’t fit exactly into your worldview, then it’s PrObLeMaTiC. Enter: the problematic authors Twitter thread and spreadsheet.
“I know you guys are tired of ‘the same discourse’ but this needs to be shared,” tweets user Abookishdiaries. “There have been so many books I’ve read that have made me feel uncomfortable, triggered, and disrespected because of the authors. I’m only trying to help others, if you don’t like it then scroll.”
And scroll we did.
Abookishdiaries subsequently published screenshots of a spreadsheet they created on their iPhone’s notes app with a laundry list of authors, the reason they are problematic, and what their notable works are. Obviously some famous writers throughout the history of literature—H.P. Lovecraft, for example—are deeply flawed people. On the other hand, some of these are a little out there.