There’s an archaic idea that keeps bouncing around that we should silo certain topics to specific contexts and audiences. I saw it this week in the familiar refrain to “keep politics out of sports.” It also shows up on the red carpet and at awards shows, at Thanksgiving dinners, and in run-of-the-mill Instagram comment threads — where someone inevitably says, “I don’t follow you for your politics, I follow you for gardening content! Stay in your lane!” It’s a privileged and narrow-minded thing to say.
