Media literacy
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Media literacy is the ability to understand deep and complex themes in media, such as "nazis are... LE BAD!" or "biblically accurate angels". It is a phrase beloved by many breeds of pseudo-intellectuals, especially JewTube video essayists. Media literacy is most commonly mentioned in discussions of this week's troonslop, although people sometimes bring it up when talking about books that have already been dissected 20 thrembillion times like 1984. If someone uses this term unironically, (You) can safely disregard their opinion.
Media Literacy is most used by trannies who invoke feelings of nostalgia via PS1 graphics, pixel art, retro video games, and unconventional game design to twist conventional things into abstract ideas of video games that feel like they don't exist, but because they don't exist means they do in fact exist, as they are something outside specific types or genres and are simply styles that encapsulate the entire collection[1], and Aryan Beasts who win debates by studying the culture of their enemies/opponents.
Origins
[edit | edit source]Media literacy originally meant one's ability to understand media and its function within society and culture, along with being able to comprehend and evaluate messages and themes within media instead of simply consooming it, though it later became a useless buzzword that effectively means anything you want it to be. In recent years, troons and fags on 𝕏 have begun to use the term, effectively killing whatever meaning remained.
Common talking points
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Death of the author
[edit | edit source]An excuse used by these people to argue that their interpretation of the story is the correct one and the original creator's actual intentions don't matter. They usually do this if the creator was a heckin' bigoted and problematic person that said controversial stuff.
"Fictional character agrees with me"
[edit | edit source]When a Reddit or 𝕏 user makes a post about how their favorite cartoon or comic book character will definitely support xis political ideology and hate ICE, or how a show is actually a deep social, political, and philosophical commentary about capitalism. They do this because they're unable to enjoy a piece of media if it doesn't validate them 24/7; it's part of the idea that "all media is political".
"Queer-coded"
[edit | edit source]"Queer-coded" is a buzzword used by media-literate troons and fags to claim random characters are actually gay or trans despite there being zero proof of that, but they still call those characters "gay icons" and will send you death threats if you say their headcanons aren't official. This is almost always done in cartoons for cacas and media that doesn't have any gay themes, since they desperately want representation in places where there is none. Another example being those long video essays where they claim the show/movie/game's story as a whole is an allegory for dysphoria, HRT, pronouns or some other coal.
The "evidence" they have to confirm the characters are fags are always the same:
- "The two characters are friends, this must mean they're a couple!"
- "The character sometimes acts like a gay stereotype!"
- "Every woman with short hair is a dyke or a pooner!"
- "The character's gender is unknown? This must mean they're non-binary!"
- "Male character voiced by a woman (or vice-versa)? They're clearly trans!"
- "It's my comfort character, so they must share my problems!"
A lot of times, they don't even give any reasons, they just want to insert their fantasies into the characters.
Also, if there's something in the series that contradicts their headcanon (such as the character being in a straight relationship), they will dilate and write walls of text saying: "nooooooo they only added that because muh heteronormativity 'n le queer erasure!!!"
Media-literate individuals and groups
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- Notejak
- Redditors
- Trannies
- Video essayists
- Analog Horror fans
- Wikipedians
- Pop-science enjoyers
- Me
- (You)
Snopes
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