I mean, what I’m trying to say is, sometimes a negative review of a highly-praised cultural product from the first world—the kind that enjoys wide distribution and robust marketing—is a necessary intervention by readers at the margins, at the borders, from other places and spaces.

Subashini Navaratnam on Nice Book Reviews

A negative review is a reminder that, hey, this thing we’re all supposed to love doesn’t actually speak to everyone. 

(via rachelhills)

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A-freakin’-men!