Art is art. What art means is entirely up to the audience to determine regardless of the original intention of the author.
All of those stories are still the stark social commentary you originally interpreted it to be. Your analysis of the art is still valid regardless of the author’s original intent. They still made you question things and feel those emotions. Just because the author is a piece of shit doesn’t take that away from you or make that experience any less valid.
Welcome to the real test of “separating the art from the artist”.
Art is art. What art means is entirely up to the audience to determine regardless of the original intention of the author.
All of those stories are still the stark social commentary you originally interpreted it to be. Your analysis of the art is still valid regardless of the author’s original intent. They still made you question things and feel those emotions. Just because the author is a piece of shit doesn’t take that away from you or make that experience any less valid.
Welcome to the real test of “separating the art from the artist”.