Guilty by Depiction: Why We Blame the Storyteller

Podcast: Bitch Up! · Bitch up!

Opublikowano: 2026-08-05

Most media portrays morality in black-and-white terms, but beneath the surface lies a complex web of nuance and bias. How much are stories reflecting reality—and how much are they romanticizing darkness for aesthetic or narrative appeal? In this episode, Ixchel and Lucero highlight the stakes of media illiteracy in an era dominated by relentless storytelling by unpacking the fine line between depiction and endorsement, exploring how stories sometimes romanticize brutality, uphold harmful stereotypes, and distort history. They discuss how society increasingly stumbles into binary thinking—good versus evil, right versus wrong. Therefore, our ability to decode what stories are...