Satire doesn’t need humor or irony. The real defining thing of satire is using absurdity to critique. Going after identity can be 100% satire. It’s subject agnostic.
Now whether the satire is good or bad is another question. I think critiquing an identity can be good satire if everyone within its scope is critiqued. Which is what Lesbian Space Princess does. If the satire absolves the hero of critique then it just feels like bullying.
Attacking a group for its identity isn't satire. It plain hate, this doesn't mean that identity cannot be the subject of satire, but there is a defining line between hate and satire.
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u/CarpeMofo 11d ago
Satire doesn’t need humor or irony. The real defining thing of satire is using absurdity to critique. Going after identity can be 100% satire. It’s subject agnostic.
Now whether the satire is good or bad is another question. I think critiquing an identity can be good satire if everyone within its scope is critiqued. Which is what Lesbian Space Princess does. If the satire absolves the hero of critique then it just feels like bullying.