Update: book critics and editors have read Battle Royale (the book)

www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/m...

I think Tarantino is giving himself permission to be held to different standards here because he's actively involved in promoting Japanese cinema (and slamming critics because he doesn't think they watched his favorite movie makes him feel more special for it)

No schoolchild should read the Hunger Games, a young adult novel, without first reading or viewing Battle Royale, a slasher horror story written for adults

Yes, it is the title and the country of origin that are the most alienating things about Battle Royale and not anything else

"Her problem is not with a lack of free expression but a lack of validation and agreement. And she has taken to the bully pulpit of political connections and media to force that validation." baptistnews.com/article/how-...

omg the paper doesn't even talk about multiple genders! It's about like, boys being bad at sports or girls liking computers. It ONLY categorizes students as girls and boys.

www.studocu.com/en-us/docume...

This article has the text of the essay, the rubric it was graded on, and comments from TWO instructors agreeing on her 0 grade.

www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...

Actually kinda bummed that the Apple Music version doesn't have the listening age feature for this reason lol

This is a marked improvement over last year, when kid would routinely scream ROUND ROUND until I put on the Wheels on the Bus playlist. (We also spent kind of a lot of time adapting Wheels on the Bus into a lullaby as they sleepily did the hand motion for hours while also refusing to sleep.)

I am so so fortunate that my kid loves Caspar Babypants, who is actually pretty good most of the time and also has like 20 albums for variety. (It’s Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America)

Fun fact: I'm pretty sure Snuffleupagus is only listed as an artist on one specific version of Elmo's Song so that's how long I spent listening to that one specific version of Elmo's Song this year

(also, Ted Koppel is highly problematic, but he's also 85 years old and still doing this kind of piece!)

(There are clearly some limitations on focusing on sympathetic people breaking themselves doing the "right" things, but it's always absolutely enraging to see how this is the system working as intended)

You can access Guidestar through Seattle Public Library to get some general info www.spl.org/online-resou...

lololol