Been talking about this with friends so I present to you, the cursed spectrum of media literacy
I was just thinking about this People like to dunk on 'It's not that deep' as a way to just halt thought. But sometimes good media analysis really does requite require you to take a step back and realize that sometimes your 'deep' observation is just chasing a windmill and may not actually make sense when you look at the larger picture You need enough analytical skill to know to look deeper, but you also need enough humility to realize your analysis can be misguided or incorrect.
My mind goes to that whole era of Steven Universe discourse where people fully believed that the Diamond Authority was like specifically fascist, and thus that this literal children's show with themes of nonviolent conflict resolution was about accepting fascism.














