3/25/2023 0 Comments Dog man fetch 22![]() ![]() Violence against women should never be a punchline in a children's book. I do not need a very serious and real problem in my community turned into a laugh line. I enjoy the simple pleasure of a fun book with silly potty humor and a children's moral to shorten the long polar night. I have not seen the sun in almost three months. Reading, especially books like the Dog Man series, is an escapist act for me, and many others. This is violence against women as a punchline intended for ten year olds. (Do I need to say that gender is a social construct and I may not have the terminology correct, but I mean ALL WOMEN, so sit down TERFs - I do not have time for that, either?) Intentionally misgendering, in a child's book, as a laugh line enrages and upsets me. Violence against women in Alaska is unbelievably high. WHEN A PERSON TELLS YOU THEIR PREFERRED NAME AND/OR PRONOUNS USE THEM. I have stepped in to correct adults when they do not use a child's preferred name. Names were changed to make them easier for white outsiders. ![]() Children were removed from their homes, forced into government boarding schools (I know elders that were sent from Alaska to Oklahoma, and farther), and forcibly "assimilated." Most of the time the oppressive systems refused to adopt any of the languages. Intentionally using the wrong name or pronoun is a violence that hits hard against Native communities. If I have learned anything from BookToss it is that to be an ally means "to cause a ruckus and pass the mic." - Here we go. The intersection of the violence in this one little square has pushed me over the edge and I feel the need to send my lecture into the internet void. My profile identifies me as female and living in Alaska. I walked away from this review, but I am not able to let it go. I do not have time for cheap laugh lines that come at the expense of people I love - full stop. I feel like an old friend has let me down and that I need to speak my peace. There is no reason to bring gender based identity violence into a children's book without addressing it for what it is. It is never addressed within the text and it is almost excused because it is happening to the villain. Title IX - even if the ERA extended deadline passed 37.5 years ago, but Virginia finally got their poop in a group in 2020.) I am upset to see this in a children's book as a laugh line. (If you don't believe me have a nice, honest chat with your HR director at work about it. 19 Fair Fairy says, "And don't call me "dude." We've talked about that!" - Intentionally misgendering is not okay. I don't have time for that.Äownward Dog repeatedly calls the Fair Fairy "dude" after being asked not to use that term. Skip over these online musings if identity politics are going to make you attack me online. I want to love this book, with one exception- and yes, I am going there. ![]()
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