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by yawn 1383 days ago
Define „woke“
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The parent is using the term pejoratively. In this context, I would describe it as calling someone a poseur of liberal/progressive issues, i.e., someone who cares more about the appearance of supporting progressive issues than actually supporting those underlying issues themselves. It means calling someone dishonest about their outward intent, basically. Personally, I'd prefer that people would just say what they mean rather than relying on slang entangled in the modern culture wars.
While used pejoratively, there are a few characteristics you can glean:

- Over-representations or inappropriate representations of minorities

- Main lead is usually some minority (e.g., woman, black, trans, etc.)

- Said minority characters are usually high on the power scale and rarely encounter any challenges, often at the detriment to the story

- Said minority usually espouse some overly blunt progressive message.

It's a mix between progressive propaganda and a fan-fic.