#yeah let’s diagnose long dead rapists with autism that’s definitely a productive line of inquiry

[ignis-cain]

So was reading Simone de Beauvoir’s Must We Burn Sade? and it was mostly really interesting biographical context and analysis. It did get increasingly psychoanalytical as it went on though, until it reached the pièce de résistance:

Man you could just say anything back in the day huh.

(Note to self: be more critical in engaging with biographies and historical accounts to make sure they’re not doing psychiatric tarot-readings)

#leo says #marquis de sade #simone de beauvoir #yeah let’s diagnose long dead rapists with autism that’s definitely a productive line of inquiry #holy fuck what the hell