> There's really no such thing as apolitical media. You can make anything fit any narrative you want if you want to analyse something closely enough, but this

> There's really no such thing as apolitical media. You can make anything fit any narrative you want if you want to analyse something closely enough, but this statement isn't true in good faith. What's the political statement of Japan's Ringu? Or Swiss' Pingu? > a default political context (in the USA, white-normative and cisheteronormative) I don't see why the statistically likely (white, cis, hetero) is a "political context"? white-cis-heteros disagree on politics all the time. > For the marginalized, politics reaches out and touches them whether they want it or not. Politics touches everyone. I am already living with politics for 80% of my waking life, I would prefer my entertainment time not also reflect that unless I want to. Lazy writing and characterisation since the mid-2000s has made politics a character trait rather than a plot point and it's boring. I fundamentally disagree that art is inherently political.