fortissimohno:

every time you hear someone talking about “fiction is/isn’t just fiction” your immediate first question should be “are we thinking about the same kinds of ficton here” because there’s an abyssal difference between the influence of a teenage girl writing porn on her 17-follower ao3 account and the influence of multimillion dollar films, TV shows, games, or published novels that are marketed to and will be seen by literally billions of people.