>>96475399I think it's not just "disguising" its leanings but actually having something to say.
Sure, Wilson does get preachy. No news there. But she has ideas for the stories she tells and they each revolve around that point. Not all very brilliant, but this is conceptually a youth book, so a bunch of 20-30-somethings with degrees and/or heaps of cynicism are not quite the intended audience.
And it is commendable that she does tackle some topics you don't often see dealt with. Discord as an example of how radicalisation for any political cause works was probably the loftiest theme so far. Although the Kamran arc with its commentary on the exploitability of the immature female psyche got up there, amidst the Star Trek and -Wars references.
This stands in contrast to the aimless affirmation of feminist talking points on a #-level you would see from America or in Queen of Hel (still baffled how anyone could botch a concept so cool with an awesome artist team and take it to... IKEA).
The most interesting difference between what makes MM good where others fail is possibly the treatment of a diversity of ideas, not just skin tones or sexuality.
Here we see characters with various ideas on religion, what religion to have, what it means etc. And nobody is condemned or put on a pedestal. Hell, we even see a brief discussion of what religious attire means to different characters that is not at all decided upon.
What do you see from other writers?
>Uh, I'm a blunt representation of wrongthink! Please, almighty liberator of womanhood, put me in my place!>Uh, I'm the representation of critics of this very book! I'm stupid and I hate women for no reason. Also unsolicited opinions on Israel, I guess.I will rather take my lame arc on internet negativity bias that still doesn’t shy away from beating up an ultimately innocent woman brutally. Because women don't get to be equal but also immune to violence or wrongdoing. Or error, on Kamala's part.
