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Josh BeckmanIn October of last year, YouTube creator and fandom expert Sarah Z coined the term “ sacrificial trash ,” and it’s a great concept. If I can try and condense her almost hour-long video into one sentence: “Sacrificial trash” is a piece of media that tries to pander to young audiences with woke identity politics to cover up how mediocre it is, which, in turn, creates a chaotic feedback loop of online discourse.
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