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Mojo Electro

(362 posts)
75. Thank you! Well said.
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 05:19 PM
Oct 2013

I was beginning to think practically everyone on this site agreed with this utter nonsense!

You're raising a great daughter! n/t pnwmom Oct 2013 #1
not me kpete Oct 2013 #4
cool kid. cool mom and cool bookstore employee cali Oct 2013 #2
Why is it sexist? Everyone knows bees and sharks only attack boys! Ian David Oct 2013 #3
"How to Teach Your Cat to Sit"? I'd like to read that chapter, actually petronius Oct 2013 #5
I once taught my cat to lay around the house and do nothing... n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #8
Yeah, that's the easiest trick I taught my cat. Hayabusa Oct 2013 #67
I used to have a cat I taught to sit. He had a habit of standing in front of my little B&W tv when kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #11
I am more interested in the how to survive parachute not opening.. EX500rider Oct 2013 #19
I don't know how to feel about this... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #6
Small difference... Scootaloo Oct 2013 #7
I agree. kcr Oct 2013 #12
Thank you, Scootaloo... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #13
It's really just a drop in the bucket Scootaloo Oct 2013 #14
Aah... Ok, thanks. :) ..nt TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #15
nancy drew and hardy boys may have specific genders but they are not overtly sexist. drew is seabeyond Oct 2013 #25
I used to read my sister's Nancy Drew's JBoy Oct 2013 #31
i did the same. really enjoyed the drew books and really liked the hardys too. seabeyond Oct 2013 #33
in print, in words, side by side. there is no ambiguity in this one. a poster argued pink was seabeyond Oct 2013 #23
It's not because of evolution. It's because girls like lipstick. Duh. Orrex Oct 2013 #39
you got a cackle on that one. or all of society since the day of their birth tell them pink is what seabeyond Oct 2013 #40
Yeah, it starts early. Orrex Oct 2013 #56
I'm not sure that that's really a difference at all Orrex Oct 2013 #49
I would have bought up the whole stock of the boys book quinnox Oct 2013 #9
Book banning kinda bothers me, inspite of the sexist content. Shrike47 Oct 2013 #10
If we were talking actual literature - as opposed to this silliness - then I'd agree with you. nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #16
Banning books "for the kids" is cool joeglow3 Oct 2013 #30
Generally speaking, no. And most parental complaints about library books can probably be considered nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #62
Whose to say what "actual literature" is? I mean I read stuff like that when I was a young'un Erose999 Oct 2013 #55
True, and there's nothing wrong with a little "light reading." nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #64
LOL, so you get to decide "actual literature"? LOL! Missing the point I think! n-t Logical Oct 2013 #78
I can hold whatever opinion I want. And so can you. nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #79
An item's position in a market place predicated in part on social awareness is not... LanternWaste Oct 2013 #47
My wife bought this book for my daughter. rug Oct 2013 #17
Next on to Mark Twain! whistler162 Oct 2013 #18
Banning books... hardcover Oct 2013 #20
It is not banning books whopis01 Oct 2013 #21
Keep telling yourself that joeglow3 Oct 2013 #38
So by that logic, would any book that a bookstore chose not to carry would be a banned book? whopis01 Oct 2013 #80
Or, you can choose not to purchase the book. Throd Oct 2013 #51
Read the headline again. It is a book banning fantasy cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #66
it is insulting to every girl and to women. i do not get why people cannot recognize how fuckin seabeyond Oct 2013 #22
Lover Boy recently came home with a book with strictly defined gender roles in it & I'm OK with that Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #85
i am hoping this was play to a serious issue. but ya... i imagine in both regards. seabeyond Oct 2013 #86
I'm cooking a lot more now that I'm home most days but he is by far the better cook. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #88
Sounds yummy. Hubby the better, more creative cook though over the years I have gotten good, too. He seabeyond Oct 2013 #89
And the Hardy Boys had more exciting adventures than Nancy Drew. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #24
Those books are insulting to both girls and boys Silent3 Oct 2013 #26
There certainly should be no frivolity, Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #28
Huh? Silent3 Oct 2013 #43
Well, the girls have the "Twilight" stuff to look forward to in their tween years. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #45
Who precisely voiced that particular premise? LanternWaste Oct 2013 #48
not comfortable with this dembotoz Oct 2013 #27
I read the Hardy Boys in the 70s and LOVED them. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #29
Without them, it would have been years before I knew what "lanky" meant. JBoy Oct 2013 #35
What about "portly" Chet Morton? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2013 #36
I remember reading "While the Clock Ticked" Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #44
Perhaps the young girl was preconditioned by parents to be offended. Hmmmm. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #32
Just great.. Upton Oct 2013 #34
I think stores have the right to make those decisions for themselves ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2013 #37
yep...an 8yo girl "banned" a book in a retail store noiretextatique Oct 2013 #41
I agree. Little girl (and mom): I'm offended. Therefore, nobody else should be able to see it. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #42
People can order it through amazon or get it elsewhere too. No bookstore is required to carry every uppityperson Oct 2013 #68
The child didn't request that the book be removed. Mariana Oct 2013 #82
I'm not comfortable with this either... cynatnite Oct 2013 #50
ah, girls and womens greatest supporter here to show.... what? get that girl. bad bad girl. seabeyond Oct 2013 #52
I agree. Don't like a book? Then don't buy it, don't read it. Throd Oct 2013 #53
Behold the power of 8-year-old girls! gollygee Oct 2013 #57
Don't like a book, don't buy it. Your eyes, your choice. The Straight Story Oct 2013 #60
I thought the books were a bit too comic-book like. Here's a better pair of books, IMHO: NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #46
Hooray for banning books! Because everybody should just be able to get rid of the books they find Erose999 Oct 2013 #54
+1 B Calm Oct 2013 #58
This is hardly book banning or book burning. Not even close. Silent3 Oct 2013 #61
Encouraging a bookstore to remove a book? So what if the fundies are offended by science books? Do Erose999 Oct 2013 #83
^ cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #63
A private bookstore can decide what books they want to carry. Those books are readily available, uppityperson Oct 2013 #69
+1000! n/t Skip Intro Oct 2013 #70
You can agree or disagree with the store's response - I guess I'm ambivalent myself. nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #71
As offensive as that is all around, the worst part to me is that girls apparently need to be able to Counterpoint PA Oct 2013 #59
Good for her. Private book stores have the right to carry what they want and if they don't want to uppityperson Oct 2013 #65
It sure must suck to own a bookstore nowadays, though FrodosPet Oct 2013 #76
What sort of personality disorder makes a person tell stores what books not to carry? cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #72
Thank you! Well said. Mojo Electro Oct 2013 #75
You should read the OP. Mariana Oct 2013 #81
Now, don't let facts get in the way kcr Oct 2013 #87
Not respected is an understatement. Mariana Oct 2013 #90
My neice has a "No Boys Allowed" sign on her bedroom door - Skip Intro Oct 2013 #73
Story sounds fishy LittleBlue Oct 2013 #74
Okay, is it just me, or do the girls book seem a lot more grounded in reality? Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 #77
Where some people see sexist indoctrination, I see kids encouraged to read. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #84
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