Thursday, May 2, 2019

An Unholy Amalgamation of Teen Dystopia Topics

In an effort to synthesize (some of) the points raised in the articles... and disregarding our definition of utopia for the more colloquial utopia/dystopia dichotomy... here is a very vague string of questions:

What do you think the agitprop of a YA utopia would be, if any? Would teens still take to the genre? What was your favorite YA dystopia (if any), and why?

I know I loved the idea of dystopias as a teen, I get their attraction: everything is LIFE OR DEATH and DO OR DIE and ME AGAINST THE WORLD—the apocalyptic themes of these dystopias are not so unfamiliar to teens.

And in case no one has any thoughts on that, here's an unrelated photo posted by my aunt this morning that outraged me; maybe it will spark some sort of utopian discussion. Or maybe it will make you feel, idk.


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