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Should We Insist On Gender-Neutral Books, Or Are Some Right Into Believing That This Is One Step Short Of Nazism?
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/// There are those who will say that insisting on gender-neutral books and toys for children is a bizarre experiment in social engineering by radical lefties and paranoid “femininazis” who won’t allow boys to be boys, and girls to be girls. (Because, by the way, seeking equality of rights and opportunities was a key plank of Nazi ideology, was it?) ///
Could we see a mass burning of books that don't meet this criteria?
/// There are those who will say that insisting on gender-neutral books and toys for children is a bizarre experiment in social engineering by radical lefties and paranoid “femininazis” who won’t allow boys to be boys, and girls to be girls. (Because, by the way, seeking equality of rights and opportunities was a key plank of Nazi ideology, was it?) ///
Could we see a mass burning of books that don't meet this criteria?
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Good for you daisy ! There was another series of books, with a Captain Mettle in them, set in Oz, that I enjoyed but my memory is a little hazy on the details.
I was a huge fan of Enid Blyton as a boy in the 50's and 60's. But I have to admit that they were rather boy-centric. While Julian and Dick were out having adventures, poor Ann was always left back at the den, endlessly cleaning. She did have George for somewhat reluctant company, although George was a strange one and no mistake ! Even the dog was a chap.
The Lone Pine series by Malcolm Saville were also favourites but I seem to recall that both boys and girls were given equal share of the adventures.
Happy days !
I was a huge fan of Enid Blyton as a boy in the 50's and 60's. But I have to admit that they were rather boy-centric. While Julian and Dick were out having adventures, poor Ann was always left back at the den, endlessly cleaning. She did have George for somewhat reluctant company, although George was a strange one and no mistake ! Even the dog was a chap.
The Lone Pine series by Malcolm Saville were also favourites but I seem to recall that both boys and girls were given equal share of the adventures.
Happy days !
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Bunter did have a sister, sandyRoe
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Mikey, I can assure you my siblings and I read everything we could get our hands on regardless of whether it was Malory Towers or Tom Brown's Schooldays.
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Mikey, I can assure you my siblings and I read everything we could get our hands on regardless of whether it was Malory Towers or Tom Brown's Schooldays.
yes indeed, and a fine lot of scrapes she got into
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The Hilda Richards who chronicled them was actually the Charles Richards who wrote about her brother.
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The Hilda Richards who chronicled them was actually the Charles Richards who wrote about her brother.
Maybe my thought that names might have been changed to increase potential readership wasn't so far fetched. I'm not saying that Hilda/Charles would have done it because Billie and Bessie were something of a hit. But the penny a line hacks who wrote for The Wizard and The Rover could probably have got away with it.
Gromit 17:25 Sun 16th Mar 2014
/// Writing books just for girls is not nazism. Anyone suggesting such a thing should be sent to a gas chamber. ///
Not the best choice of words, i would say.
/// The Independent is a commercial company and as such can design their own criteria for what books get rieviewed. ///
How very tolerant Gromit has become, pity he doesn't show the Daily Mail the same kind of tolerance.
/// If you do not like the Independent's stance, do not buy their newspper. ///
That of course should mean their web site, seeing that this was taken from the Independent's web site
But all the same, please note Gromit's words, all you anti Daily Mail Brigade,
/// Lastly, there must be more interesting stuff to discuss than this nonsence? ///
36 answers to date isn't bad, some must find it interesting.
/// Writing books just for girls is not nazism. Anyone suggesting such a thing should be sent to a gas chamber. ///
Not the best choice of words, i would say.
/// The Independent is a commercial company and as such can design their own criteria for what books get rieviewed. ///
How very tolerant Gromit has become, pity he doesn't show the Daily Mail the same kind of tolerance.
/// If you do not like the Independent's stance, do not buy their newspper. ///
That of course should mean their web site, seeing that this was taken from the Independent's web site
But all the same, please note Gromit's words, all you anti Daily Mail Brigade,
/// Lastly, there must be more interesting stuff to discuss than this nonsence? ///
36 answers to date isn't bad, some must find it interesting.
What about the 'naughty gollies that live in the woods'?
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