From chapter 3 of The Will to Change (join the book club!) while she’s discussing how mass media reinforces partriarchal norms onto boys and young men
From chapter 3 of The Will to Change (join the book club!) while she’s discussing how mass media reinforces partriarchal norms onto boys and young men
Bell Hooks didn’t have good arguments here. Despite libs thinking so, HP isn’t theory. It’s not a novel’s purpose to have protagonists critique sexist and racist thinking. Sometimes, showing the bad guys thinking like that is enough of a critique. Also, the media blitz sounds a lot like a (kinda circular) conspiracy theory. Margaret Atwood’s books receive a lot of approval. Does that make them sexist?
A character is literally called Cho Chang, JK Rowling is racist as fuck
You have causality the wrong way around - Atwood’s books received a lot of positive media attention because they used sexist tropes, from memory (or conversely wouldn’t have received media attention if it was actually radical)
I won’t argue with you, but that’s not what’s in the text by Bell Hooks
And the media thing without elaboration is still a weak ass argument.
She elaborates more on her overall points about mass media in the rest of the chapter, I’d encourage you to read it!