tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473103219776910611.post3320051377668239211..comments2017-01-07T22:46:10.077-08:00Comments on Fizzwhizzing Flushbunker: Review: Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not ReadingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473103219776910611.post-76136664881040070762011-11-20T16:29:07.106-08:002011-11-20T16:29:07.106-08:00Yay Karen!Yay Karen!Grier Jewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514099763743044565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473103219776910611.post-38798035367958200942011-11-20T16:19:54.741-08:002011-11-20T16:19:54.741-08:00Every February for the past couple of years, I'...Every February for the past couple of years, I've had a "Boys Read Pink" challenge in my middle school library. I dare the boys to read the girliest books they can find, and they are usually surprised that the books are "just like boy books, but with girls". I regularly recommend books like Alanna and the Gallagher Girl books for boys, and it is almost as if they need permission to read them! Never thought about the home influence telling them not to. Hmmm.Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473103219776910611.post-40446049334240450222011-11-19T15:40:24.854-08:002011-11-19T15:40:24.854-08:00Oh no, don't get me started on white male priv...Oh no, don't get me started on white male privilege. There have been recent publishing scandals regarding the whitewashing of book covers (presumably so that readers white readers aren't "put off" that the main characters aren't Caucasian). <br /><br />Maybe if kids are prohibited from reading because it's dangerous then they'd be more interested.Grier Jewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514099763743044565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473103219776910611.post-83538429155962192462011-11-19T15:00:28.017-08:002011-11-19T15:00:28.017-08:00what a fantastic entry. I am teaching an enormous...what a fantastic entry. I am teaching an enormous class of 150 students, and I definitely have the impression that few people in the class actually read. There is a kind of acceptance of this as a so-what? that scares me, and there is also, I think, a kind of white male privilege subset that thinks "I don't have to read (and I also don't have to pay attention in [or attend] class) that this elderly white lady is teaching". I think this goes beyond the classroom, and starts early -- as your bookmobile experience suggests.Stephanie Barbe Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312840986802602636noreply@blogger.com