Speak and Shout from a Man’s Perspective
Laurie Halse Anderson’s book Speak has been accused of being anti-male. There’s also Anderson’s follow-up work Shout: The True Story of a Survivor Who Refused to be Silenced. It’s a poetic memoir written during the height of the MeToo movement, which has been characterized by book banners as containing political propaganda. But are these books really anti-male? Guest essayist... Read More.
And so it begins… Department of Education rescinds guidance on book bans.
A nd so it begins… as of January 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has rescinded all guidance indicating that school districts’ implementation of book bans could violate civil rights laws. The agency has also eliminated President Biden’s recently-created position of book ban coordinator.[1] Responsibilities of this now-abolished post entailed the development of... Read More.
Aphorisms Unplugged: It’s nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
L ike many mothers, my mom drilled the importance of being nice into my young psyche. She used expressions like the direct and simple “be nice” to impart this lesson. As well as Thumper the rabbit’s ever-popular pearl of wisdom “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Not to mention Jimmy Durante’s “be nice to... Read More.
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