HOPEPUNK
When I found out that Hopepunk was an actual word and a new America literary genre I was shocked. Mainly because I didn't think they would add any more genres anymore. As I was researching what this word meant in Google I was finding it a little hard to specifically find the definition in the America literary. So then I typed "Hopepunk new literary genre and found this "Hopepunk, the latest storytelling trend, is all about weaponized optimism. In the era of Trump and apocalyptic change, Hopepunk is a storytelling template for #resistance — and hanging onto your humanity at all costs." I was a little thrown off by this definition because of the phrase "Trump and apocalyptic change". Because if Trump never came to power then would this genre/word have even been created in the first place. But either way authors made this because it must have been important to them and I think it was because it relates to our modern problem today. Because when is says "weaponized optimism" I think this means that to use yours or someone else's words or thoughts in a offensive way and to fight for what's right, but I don't know if its towards to Trump and his actions or not?
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