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"Death of the Author" never originally meant "ignore the problematic aspects of the author" or "forget about the author."
It meant that the author's opinion of their own work was not authoritative and, in fact, that there could be no "definitive" interpretation. It was about how each individual's interpretation could be considered authoritative in its own right
It wasn't supposed to be about "we can ignore the author being terrible or trying to push a narrative." It works at a different level
This!
@hrefna I remember seeing someone mentioning it in reference to how lots of folks were saying "well, death of the author on harry potter" and she was like "you can't 'death of the author' someone who's still alive and profiting off you buying it or talking about it to cause others to buy it. She's not dead, burying your head in the sand doesn't make you less culpable", prefacing it by saying "that's not even what that phrase means", but the literal application was funny as fuck
@hrefna Death of the Author isn’t “She’s a terrible transphobe, a fact that can be seen in her books if you’re looking, and I don’t want to support her work.”
It’s “That wizard shitting in the street nonsense was ludicrous and it’s not in the books so I am going to ignore it. “
@hrefna That's of course one interpretation, but I for one chose to understand that Roland Barthes essay is actually about how we should literally kill JK Rowling⸮
