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#i mean ofc you can like stuff bc it resonates w you i’m not criticizing That. but saying that that’s what gives a work of art value or
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didn’t expect the anne carson post to get notes but now that it has i myself am the recipient of bad takes. horrible
#also 75% of the people reblogging it atp do not seem to understand my frustration w the comments
#like i didn’t post this to be like look how ableist twt users are in denying the lived experience of depression for other ppl
#i mean sure but that was not the point of the post
#it’s about an inability to read poetry and a newfound insistence on everything including art having a Take i
#it’s about a fundamental disconnect with literature and works in general that are not written for you specifically
#relatability politics infiltrating literary discourse
#like their criticism of the poem is the strangest i’ve ever seen bc it has nothing to do with the poem. people do not know how to read
#anymore
#they treat everything like it’s a tweet they either need to publicly agree with or publicly mock
#but yeah like my point was not Look How Dismissive They Are Of Neurodivergent Experiences
#it was Jesus Fucking Christ The Education System Is Failing Us And Critical Literacy Is At An All Time Low
#i mean this isn’t supposed to be about depression. it’s about life and living it
#and honestly people defending it from the depression/neurodivergenxe angle is just the flip side of the twitter hate — you like it because
#you view it as representative of your specific lived experience and would likely not like it if it didn’t
#it’s being wrapped up into identity politics
#and that was sooooo not the point of the post like i am criticizing the relatability/identity politics mode of reading
#it’s made us unable to look at things on their own terms let alone thru a legitimate critical lens!
#i mean ofc you can like stuff bc it resonates w you i’m not criticizing That. but saying that that’s what gives a work of art value or
#determines whether or not it’s ‘good’ is ridiculous and narcissistic and rooted in the tiktok brain fungus discouraging all nuance ever
#sorry sorry i’ll shut up now
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