I really think the illustrator was a terrible match for this book. The cutesy, cartoony, Disney-esque style makes it seem far too cheerful. Even if the text did a decent job trying to address the complexity of the issue, (though from a scan of reviews, it does’t-I’d love to find a full version of the text somewhere),…

I am a children’s librarian and I am just flummoxed by this book and how it came to be. Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a talented Black children’s illustrator, and she illustrates books that positively represent people of color. I’m not too familiar with Ramin Ganeshram although we do have a few of her books in our…

Hercules was most likely not super amped about baking George Washington a birthday cake since he actually ran away on Washington’s birthday.

To pretend that slaves were never happy or never had a good day or never smiled is to deny them a basic part of their humanity. That some were friendly with or even loved their masters is undeniable.

It would have been much more interesting to do a montage of what happens after the initial greeting. The immediate—and apparently mandatory—refrain is “You look so___”. I don’t know if this is a RHOBH phenomenon or if it’s across the board but the Beverly Hills ladies absolutely will not greet each other without a…

I’m way too boring. I’d be on, like, the C-SPAN knockoff of this show.

Well, the way I see it, the ghosts of accused witches past at least now have a Walgreens to wander through and marvel at. I imagine roaming the woods and the ye old blacksmith shops got pretty boring. At least now they can read magazines about the Kardashians and browse what’s new in birth control. We’re all sitting…

maybe it would have been nominated if it was a polar bear

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Now that I think about it, I can’t think of one time I’ve been at a Waffle House not not been drunk... Maybe once, but I was SO HIGH so that probably doesn’t count either. I remember my boyfriend told our waitress that we would “Start off with an order of hashbrowns, smothered, chunked, and diced...” and this girl I…

I can only speak for myself but I can’t get past his Charlie Brown head.

Little known fact but ticks primarily feed on hate and intolerance.

Texas would actually do quite well as its own country. What makes you think we would fail?

Granted it is weird but it’s not incest. You (whatever nationality you are) have some hangups.

Why do you feel comfortable assuming they didn’t consider adoption? Also, some people (myself included) have insurance coverage for infertility treatments. When we decided to do ivf it was for a lot of reasons, only one of which was a 29k difference in cost because of insurance. Do you ask people who can have children…

I’d say you’re understating the obstacles.

It’s not incest on any planet. Stop with the fucking hysteria.

Bat Boy must be in college now!

NOSTRADAMUS *TOTALLY* PREDICTED GRANDMOTHER BIRTHS GRANDDAUGHTER IN TEXAS!

I’m sure this woman has no idea she’s being racist. I personally didn’t know blackface was bad until I read about it on American websites.