protagonismos &mdash; the casual critic https://the-casual-critic.writeas.com/tag:protagonismos My unqualified opinions about books, games and television Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:08:06 +0000 https://i.snap.as/BaOlHiNc.jpg protagonismos &mdash; the casual critic https://the-casual-critic.writeas.com/tag:protagonismos How to navigate this blog https://the-casual-critic.writeas.com/how-to-navigate-this-blog?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Write.as does not come with a standard navigation menu or archive. Instead it organises posts using hashtags. Clicking a hashtag will generate a page with all the posts with that hashtag, in descending date order. All my reviews come with hashtags to help you find others that are similar. You can use the hashtags on this page to navigate to a page that contains all posts with that hashtag. Each review is marked either #fiction or #nonfiction Each review lists the medium of the review’s subject: #books #films #theatre #tv #videogames Works of fiction will have one or more genres listed: #cyberpunk #dystopia #fantasy #literature #SF #solarpunk #speculative #superheroes Works of non-fiction, and some works of fiction, will include a topic: #culture #ecology #economics #feminism #history #politics #socialism #tech #unions Finally, I found that some reviews share a theme, or a perspective, that is separate from the topic of the work I’m reviewing. These themes are also marked, and include: boundedimagination for reviews that consider how the limitations of our political imagination express themselves in both fiction and non-fiction works. protagonismos for reviews that consider where works of fiction place agency and heroism. This theme was directly inspired by two essays by Ada Palmer.]]> Write.as does not come with a standard navigation menu or archive. Instead it organises posts using hashtags. Clicking a hashtag will generate a page with all the posts with that hashtag, in descending date order. All my reviews come with hashtags to help you find others that are similar.

You can use the hashtags on this page to navigate to a page that contains all posts with that hashtag.

Each review is marked either #fiction or #nonfiction

Each review lists the medium of the review’s subject: #books #films #theatre #tv #videogames

Works of fiction will have one or more genres listed: #cyberpunk #dystopia #fantasy #literature #SF #solarpunk #speculative #superheroes

Works of non-fiction, and some works of fiction, will include a topic: #culture #ecology #economics #feminism #history #politics #socialism #tech #unions

Finally, I found that some reviews share a theme, or a perspective, that is separate from the topic of the work I’m reviewing. These themes are also marked, and include:

  • #boundedimagination for reviews that consider how the limitations of our political imagination express themselves in both fiction and non-fiction works.
  • #protagonismos for reviews that consider where works of fiction place agency and heroism. This theme was directly inspired by two essays by Ada Palmer.
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