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Him wasn’t the best horror movie I have ever seen; not by a long shot. But what I discovered, to my great surprise, is that it is one of the most accurate.
Robert Jones Jr.
American author; his debut novel The Prophets (2021) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction; wrote as Son of Baldwin, a blog and online community on race, sexuality and gender, from 2008 to 2022.
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What they believe
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The horror film Him is far from the best he has seen but one of the most accurate.
Him wasn’t the best horror movie I have ever seen; not by a long shot. But what I discovered, to my great surprise, is that it is one of the most accurate.
robertjonesjr.substack.comSaid 31 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Under Tom King’s pen, Wonder Woman reads as neither wonder nor woman.
Regrettably, I find that under King’s pen, this legendary literary character reads as neither wonder nor woman.
robertjonesjr.substack.comSaid 21 Oct 2026This on korrents
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21 October
From one piece Who’s Afraid of Wonder Woman? 2 beliefs · robertjonesjr.substack.com
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Capitalism pushes creators to aim at the largest paying audience whatever cowardice that takes.Their words
Capitalism compels us to direct all of our efforts toward the largest paying audience, no matter what cowardice is involved in doing so; no matter the artistic, ethical, legal, or spiritual catastrophe associated with it.
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Regrettably, I find that under King’s pen, this legendary literary character reads as neither wonder nor woman.
1 September
From one piece The Burden of Always Having to Be Terrific 2 beliefs · robertjonesjr.substack.com
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A Black character taking up a white character’s legacy feels too much like assimilation.Their words
I don’t even like the idea of a Black character, or any character of marginalized experience, following the legacy of a white character’s lineage, as is technically the case with Mr. Terrific. It feels too much like assimilation to me.
The Burden of Always Having to Be Terrificrobertjonesjr.substack.com
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I tend to dislike so-called racebending (or any identity-bending) of established fictional characters because it strikes me as both lazy and greedy.
The Burden of Always Having to Be Terrificrobertjonesjr.substack.com
4 July
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Comparing Karmelo Anthony’s case with Kyle Rittenhouse’s is foolhardy because logic cannot sway a white supremacist.Their words
But the comparison is foolhardy. It is reckless because the person comparing the situations is operating from the assumption that logic can reach or sway a white supremacist.
19 June
From one piece On Juneteenth 2 beliefs · robertjonesjr.substack.com
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“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.Their words
“Happy Juneteenth” is a blistering oxymoron. For how does one find happiness in pretense, in an empty token, in a pact perpetually broken, in a claim relentlessly untrue?
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And anti-Blackness tells us nothing about Black people. It does, however, reveal, unassailably, the truth about whiteness.
7 January 2021
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The Color PurpleTheir words
Alice Walker is one of the most brilliant writers and The Color Purple is one of my favourite books of all time.
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Go Tell It on the MountainTheir words
Go Tell it on the Mountain struck me deeply because it’s wrestling with Christianity, and what Christianity does to the Black queer person.
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The Blacker the BerryTheir words
He only wrote two books, The Blacker the Berry and Infants of the Spring.
Nothing matches.
Beliefs
Korrents What they believe 8 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
Each is a — compiled by korrents.com, not by them: the one-line wordings are korrents', the quotes are theirs.
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The horror film Him is far from the best he has seen but one of the most accurate.
Him wasn’t the best horror movie I have ever seen; not by a long shot. But what I discovered, to my great surprise, is that it is one of the most accurate.
I Know Why Y'all Hated HIM Said 31 Oct 2026
Under Tom King’s pen, Wonder Woman reads as neither wonder nor woman.
Regrettably, I find that under King’s pen, this legendary literary character reads as neither wonder nor woman.
Who’s Afraid of Wonder Woman? Said 21 Oct 2026
Capitalism pushes creators to aim at the largest paying audience whatever cowardice that takes.
Capitalism compels us to direct all of our efforts toward the largest paying audience, no matter what cowardice is involved in doing so; no matter the artistic, ethical, legal, or spiritual catastrophe associated with it.
Who’s Afraid of Wonder Woman? Said 21 Oct 2026
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Race-bending established fictional characters is both lazy and greedy.
I tend to dislike so-called racebending (or any identity-bending) of established fictional characters because it strikes me as both lazy and greedy.
The Burden of Always Having to Be Terrific Said 1 Sept 2026
A Black character taking up a white character’s legacy feels too much like assimilation.
I don’t even like the idea of a Black character, or any character of marginalized experience, following the legacy of a white character’s lineage, as is technically the case with Mr. Terrific. It feels too much like assimilation to me.
The Burden of Always Having to Be Terrific Said 1 Sept 2026
Comparing Karmelo Anthony’s case with Kyle Rittenhouse’s is foolhardy because logic cannot sway a white supremacist.
But the comparison is foolhardy. It is reckless because the person comparing the situations is operating from the assumption that logic can reach or sway a white supremacist.
Gather Me, Man Said 4 Jul 2026
Anti-Blackness says nothing about Black people and everything about whiteness.
And anti-Blackness tells us nothing about Black people. It does, however, reveal, unassailably, the truth about whiteness.
On Juneteenth Said 19 Jun 2026
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
“Happy Juneteenth” is a blistering oxymoron. For how does one find happiness in pretense, in an empty token, in a pact perpetually broken, in a claim relentlessly untrue?
On Juneteenth Said 19 Jun 2026
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Recommends The Blacker the Berry
He only wrote two books, The Blacker the Berry and Infants of the Spring.
fivebooks.com 7 Jan 2021
Recommends Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell it on the Mountain struck me deeply because it’s wrestling with Christianity, and what Christianity does to the Black queer person.
fivebooks.com 7 Jan 2021
Recommends The Color Purple
Alice Walker is one of the most brilliant writers and The Color Purple is one of my favourite books of all time.
fivebooks.com 7 Jan 2021
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