I think there are many issues with the term in how it’s used to mean very different things, but what I’m referring to specifically is a stylistic trait—there are certain kinds of language, of tone etc that tend to be more common in art produced clearly with that specific slant, that are not necessarily perceived as trade-offs rather than just “this is how my tribe talks”. And that’s the one thing where I say there’s a huge disconnect, because it’s often just specifically the language of Twitter politics; the same terminology, the same arguments (with the same flaws, if that’s the case), and the same snappy, performative tone going for the “own” over anything else.
I think there are many issues with the term in how it’s used to mean very different things, but what I’m referring to specifically is a stylistic trait—there are certain kinds of language, of tone etc that tend to be more common in art produced clearly with that specific slant, that are not necessarily perceived as trade-offs rather than just “this is how my tribe talks”. And that’s the one thing where I say there’s a huge disconnect, because it’s often just specifically the language of Twitter politics; the same terminology, the same arguments (with the same flaws, if that’s the case), and the same snappy, performative tone going for the “own” over anything else.