Reading is NOT political!

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[mintymag]

I was real confused for the first 30 seconds 😅

[badger-]

Obviously reading isn't political. That's why books never get banned

[luckynumberme]

I didn't think any of the facetious descriptions could take me out more than describing Babel as a book about "going to Oxford and having fun with your friends while you're still young", but describing Grace of Kings as "Swords and fighting and cool guys doing cool stuff" laid me flat on the floor

[DarkDragonaire]

First 30 seconds: Confusion
Rest of the Video: Ahh there we go

[maiiau]

Most horror is just about scary places. The Haunting of Hill House is about a scary house. Tell Me I'm Worthless is also about a scary house. The Bog Wife is about a scary bog. The Southern Reach series is about a scary Florida. Frankenstein, however, is about a scary GUY. Slightly different.

[Readatrix]

When I tell you I looked at the numbers of people on various social media platforms who identify as readers, and I took comfort. Sure, a LOT of them underlined they read for fun, but learning things and picking up what the author is putting down IS fun. And, okay, they mentioned turning off their brains, but they didn't mean missing the obvious, just not delving deep.

And this last week or so has stripped me of comfort and I've seen 1, 000 very pretty girls standing before bookshelves of the kinds of fantasy focused on revolution and taking on the government saying their books aren't political. And another thousand people trying to get them understand the MANY ways books are political, only for that to be rejected.

So many of the "reading isn't political" people are also in the "politics aren't a reason to end friendships" faction, but what's clear is reader had a big divide between then for longer than we'd realized.

[odile]

God, I felt those last few seconds in my damned soul

[katblack]

Just a book about a bitey man - that one got me 🤣😂🤣

[morganaverena]

As always, you're amazing!!!
Hugs from Brazil ❤

[niccc]

thank you for making this video. i've had the worst day and this gave me a chuckle <3

[readandre-read]

This was great. And you sold me on Dracula.

[RoundSeal]

My favourite book is War of the Worlds! It's a really fun story about aliens and not at all about anti-imperialism/colonialism 🙂

[roma-teclea]

I freaking love you so much. So. Much.

[jacforswear]

You got me Willow, I was briefly shocked and horrified by the title! 😅

Beyond the content of books, the ACCESS to literature is also political. Hell, being able to read is political in a world where “developed” countries have majority national literacy below the 6th grade level.

It’s all political baby!

[JadeCryptOfWonders]

I’m sure Ursula K Le Guin’s The Dispossessed has no political content whatsoever, just fun sci fi times.

[veeveeveeveev]

You scared me a little bit there at the beginning.

[Elyse]

😂 You are a gift to us all! Thank you for being the absolute best

[badfaithu]

Fun bitey man! 🤣😂😅😆😁😄😃😀
That was hilarious.

[scal]

And here I thought 1984 was a book about drinking gin. Clearly my literary analysis skills need work.

[cyndie]

This isn't a book about fascism, it's a book about eyeballs 🤣🤣🤣