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unbreakablemouserat

PARKS AND RECREATION (2009-2015) 6.07 - "Recall Vote"

mikesseleven

Team Cockroach representing my bi-weekly mental spiral

asystolle

NEW GIRL 3.01 - All In

mamawasatesttube

the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.

firstginger

@sorin-sunchild great tags, & developing media literacy and critical thinking when young (such as in school and the teacher asks why the author wrote the curtains are blue) doesn’t just benefit deeper understanding of works like books and movies in adulthood, but the ability to question content being fed to us beyond a surface entertainment level