Help! Mom! Conservatives write stupid
children's books! But really, I need to stop just starting cartoon title's
with the word "conservative", this is the second one in a row. I should
have said "wingnut" or "nutjob" or at least "rightwing". Ah well...
But seriously... Much has been made in the mainstream media of the
so-called backlash against feminism. Writers like Caitlin
Flanagan, John Tierney and Charlotte Allen would like us to believe
that feminism has made women unhappy, and that professional women are
leaving the workplace in droves for the joys of homemaker-dom (see Caryl
Rivers for an excellent
debunking of this insubstantiated hogwash).
Meanwhile, conservative parents in Massachusetts and elsewhere are
outraged that their children are being exposed to insidious diversity
tolerance propaganda, like the sweet and innocuous fairytale King &
King. They'd much rather their children be read books like "Help!
Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed!" and other Conservative
Children's Classics.
(Made 5/10/06)
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