@sarahdoingthing If it's political art and *doesn't* color outside lines, it's kinda useless politically by definitipn, isn't it?
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@sarahdoingthing Culture war lines are clearest in fiction I think. Esp genre fiction like sci-fi. Literary fiction to lesser degree.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@vgr with culture war implications blurred so everybody (women) can appreciate them without guilt1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@vgr i think they're mostly apolitical the way a cheeseburger is apolitical.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@thesublemon@sarahdoingthing Ok, romance I don't know. Mystery: cozy=conservative, procedural=liberal. Funny (Psych, Monk)=liberal.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@thesublemon@sarahdoingthing There's also psycho-mystery (Dexter) and vigilante (Dirty Harry) mysteries that are conservative1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@vgr@thesublemon the point of mysteries is formulaic predictability with only the tiniest hints of surprise at predictable moments3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@thesublemon Hmm. Are you conflating cognitive mode/sensibility of consuming the stuff with the explicit political content?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@vgr @thesublemon they inform each other, but law-and-order for mystery and high-value monogamy simulation in romance are ubiquitous content
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