being a huge nerd means i care SO DEEPLY. about how people read books. but more importantly, i care about having access to those books. regardless of your stance on booktok books, you should be fighting against book bans. every day is an opportunity to think critically about literature, even now. especially now. analysis rocks! love u all!

Usually videos about whatever the hell "booktok" is are trash, but this one is pretty cool. The only thing I wonder about is, the average Amerikkkan has long had appalling taste in books, right? Big bestsellers have been popularly viewed as slop and yet hugely popular since probably like, the 1980s, right? This is not new, just the social platform? I hear about "the trope-ification of media" and I think back to 'bodice rippers' and stuff.

Easily the wildest application of the term "manufactured consent" I have ever seen however what-the-hell

  • buckykat [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    You can tell the average amerikkkan's taste in books is appalling because Stephen King is a bestselling author

    • ashinadash [she/her]
      hexagon
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      2 months ago

      Real as fuck, I thought to Dan Brown being a bestseller myself =)

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        Extremely valid. Dan Brown only has a handful of dogshit bestsellers unlike Stephen King's dozens and dozens though, right? anakin-padme-2

        • ashinadash [she/her]
          hexagon
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          2 months ago

          Seven is a handful yeah bocchi-cry Stephen King's success is a crime tbh

    • Inui [comrade/them]
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      edit-2
      2 months ago

      Me trying to read It and being in the same scene 50 pages later

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      • Red_sun_in_the_sky [any]
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        edit-2
        2 months ago

        I thought had the book got some high moments it was definitely too long