#satire

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Here's for the comedians who think it's cool to make jokes about literally everyone.

Can't be quoted often enough, so here it is again:

“Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying.”
― Terry Pratchett

Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift. You are an early 18th century ship’s surgeon who is repeatedly Washed Ashore on various never before seen islands, whose inhabitants find you Unaccountably Strange due to differences in Size and Temperament, but nevertheless teach you several Important Lessons about merry old England, particularly its Superior Personages. 4 out of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
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ELECTRIFYING, WICKEDLY SATIRICAL dystopian novel is a powerful fable for our time—incarcerated women pitted against each other in gladiatorial battles by a for-profit prison chain try to find their common humanity. Strong and necessary. SOLID A

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714055/chain-gang-all-stars-by-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/

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