Дата публикации: 16-10-2026 13:53:24

hagiomoto:hagiomoto:I’d even go as far as saying that writers whom everyone has deemed progressive deserve to have their work examined and scrutinized more rigorously than that of apolitical or reactionary writers. When people place that much value on their work and the person behind it, it’s all the more important to examine them thoroughly rather than simply accepting them as progressive just because your most leftist friends say so.I think that’s the wrong question. What even makes a novel progressive? The term can mean anything to anyone. My point is that when a writer is promoted as a voice of subversion, or their fiction is assumed to be good simply because they’re leftists, it’s our “duty” to see whether the work lives up to those claims. Being leftist doesn’t, in itself, make someone a good writer, just as writing about social struggles or political causes doesn’t automatically make a novel subversive or artistically accomplished. These claims should be examined rather than taken at face value simply because a writer shares our politics. At the same time, questioning a novel’s progressive credentials is not the same as arguing that it’s morally wrong to read or appreciate works that don’t align with our values.

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