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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

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      Sounds about right, that's sort-of the idea this video I linked tries to get at. Good comment!!

      Lol lmao @ that murder incident and the Newgate novel. But this confirms my theory that while it's now more concentrated and has an online platform, this sort of dumbing down of fiction has been dumbed for ages and ages. Just seen so much alarmist commentary about THE DEATH OF BOOKS and such.

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        3 months ago

        Ever heard of Sturgeon's Law? Some journalist in the 50's asked sf author Theodore Sturgeon why 90% of sf was crap and his response, coining the law, was that 90% of everything is crap.