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Writing fiction is an inherently political activity because people-even imaginary ones-do not live in vacuums... from twilight to romeo and juliet to the little mermaid, no work of the imagination is truly apolitical, because the world and our hopes for it are always part of our stories.
-John Green
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Writing Fiction Is An Inherently Political Activity

John Green
Writing fiction is an inherently political activity because people-even imaginary ones-do not live in vacuums... from twilight to romeo and juliet to the little mermaid, no work of the imagination is truly apolitical, because the world and our hopes for it are always part of our stories.
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