Fifth floor common room, Saturday afternoon/evening

[kenselvren]

After yesterday's class on propaganda, a light had gone on for Jalian. This was how one person could change more than just their surroundings. She'd largely ignored movies and TV before, but now she was curious.

So, she was sitting in the common room, watching TV. She had a bowl of popcorn and was frowning at the screen trying to pick out which parts were stupid and which might be some form of propaganda.

So far the judgment had mainly come down on "both". For just about everything.



[OOC: Open post!]

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[tigerundercover]

"It's because society tells them they're right all the time," Raven said. "They never have to learn to second guess themselves, so they lose out on valuable critical thinking skills."

Kathy had trained Raven well in the basics of kyriarchy, oh yes.

[kenselvren]

Jalian thought about it for a minute, then gave a slow nod. "Some of the Huntresses were like that," she conceded. "The only thing you could do was to challenge and beat them."

She smirked. "Maybe more males need to be challenged." Or beaten up by a scrawny girl; that worked, too. Though Jalian was getting less scrawny, if no more curvy.

[tigerundercover]

"They definitely need to be challenged more. But sometimes all you have the energy for is to roll your eyes and ignore them instead." Raven was doing that more and more these days, including to her own brother. Not that Charles could tell. He couldn't read her mind from the past, and he didn't have a videophone that fit in his pocket. "So. What sorts of messages is the TV trying to sell you on?"

[kenselvren]

Jalian eyed the current program - some movie about things going badly and a large male saving everything - and shrugged. "That males are smart. So, more like what you were saying."

[tigerundercover]

Raven tilted her head thoughtfully. "That's probably not propaganda, then," she decided. "Propaganda has to have a deliberate political message. Men being smart has just been accepted forever. That's not political, that's just culture. Now, if he was a black guy, that might be political. Or if he's gay. Or trans. Or a woman. You can tell it's political if people on the internet send badly spelled death threats over it."

[kenselvren]

"I don't understand that, either," Jalian confessed. She offerred the remote to Raven. "You can find something, if you want. Propaganda or not."


[Falling asleep; sp okay?]

[tigerundercover]

Raven shrugged. "I can find something else for us to make fun of, but I'd rather sit and talk than actually watch anything."

[sure thing!]

[kenselvren]

"That sounds much better," Jalian agreed. She offered Raven more popcorn. "Did you enjoy the vacation?"