It would give a wholly different take but an interesting one nevertheless, I guess. - This, exactly! I totally agree with the point you’re making here. Hermione can be any of these things, but it would raise a lot of questions about what motivates her, and those questions would need research and thoughtfulness. I am all for Hermione being a black woman or being a Turkish woman, I just want, then, a commitment to exploring what that means!
But sometimes I wonder if the US also covers foreign news, and if so, what exactly do they cover? - tbh, it’s pretty bleak. I don’ watch mainstream US news anymore because it makes me furious, but part of the reason why is that there’s very little, and very one-sided, coverage of international affairs, and that coverage is US centric. It’s a huge problem, especially since the US is still hanging on to a lot of power and such a big military, and it means that there’s very little domestic accountability or pressure on politicians, because people don’t know what’s going on. I hope that twitter might change that for younger generations, but I’m not optimistic. Wish I had better news there, but I think part of the reason tumblr is so U.S. centric is that US bloggers don’t know to look at international news and don’t understand what to make of it when they do. It’s a really dangerous, problematic state of affairs, imo. Some of that is because, like you say, the list of things to know about and learn is endless. But most of it is just a problem. :(
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It would give a wholly different take but an interesting one nevertheless, I guess. - This, exactly! I totally agree with the point you’re making here. Hermione can be any of these things, but it would raise a lot of questions about what motivates her, and those questions would need research and thoughtfulness. I am all for Hermione being a black woman or being a Turkish woman, I just want, then, a commitment to exploring what that means!
But sometimes I wonder if the US also covers foreign news, and if so, what exactly do they cover? - tbh, it’s pretty bleak. I don’ watch mainstream US news anymore because it makes me furious, but part of the reason why is that there’s very little, and very one-sided, coverage of international affairs, and that coverage is US centric. It’s a huge problem, especially since the US is still hanging on to a lot of power and such a big military, and it means that there’s very little domestic accountability or pressure on politicians, because people don’t know what’s going on. I hope that twitter might change that for younger generations, but I’m not optimistic. Wish I had better news there, but I think part of the reason tumblr is so U.S. centric is that US bloggers don’t know to look at international news and don’t understand what to make of it when they do. It’s a really dangerous, problematic state of affairs, imo. Some of that is because, like you say, the list of things to know about and learn is endless. But most of it is just a problem. :(