‘No book is written in a vacuum’: Politics has come for BookTok
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While some say the TikTok community is simply a space for sharing recommendations and making friends, others say it’s impossible to take the politics out of literature.
BookTok, like the rest of America, is divided. “When did BookTok become political?” one creator asks in a video posted last week. “I am so sick of seeing these reader-unfollow parties. You guys, we are here to share books that we all enjoy… we don’t need politics ruining a good thing we have going.”