writing I guess

My woke take, as someone who has worked in both a public library and a school library, is that we desperately need both more books that are at a higher reading level but a less mature subject matter, and more books that are at a lower reading level but a more mature subject matter, because 8 year olds who are advanced readers are still 8 year olds and don't want to read about graphic violence and torture, and teens and adults who have learning difficulties or who are just later readers for whatever reason are still teens and adults and don't want to read about Billy the Bunny going to school or whatever the hell.

Shoutout to people in the notes also mentioning people learning the language, I should've mentioned that really, given that I've been stuck reading German picture books myself while learning German.

it’s simple: when I like an adaptation, everyone complaining about changes to the text is a whiny baby who needs to get over themselves and accept that sometimes you have to change the story to enrich the experience/work within the medium. when I don’t like an adaptation, it’s because nobody else understands the core themes of the original work and would be better off just creating a story independent of what they’re trying to adapt.

Victor Frankenstein after achieving the impossible and building a fucking person from scraps of the dead: Oh god, ew, ew it's ugly! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew! Ew! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew!

Just a reminder: "POC" is not an adjective, it is a noun. If you're trying to describe a non white character, you don't say "POC character"-- it would be "character of color". Otherwise you're literally saying "person of color character" which... isn't correct.

i'd truly be fucked in her situation because rumpelstiltskin is not a name that would come to mind for me

I don't want kids so I easily get out of it fr

help i forgot this was all over some baby too

i wont even lie i thought he was going to kill her

about to read rumpelstiltskin as an adult so i can get the facts

My Shakespeare students (they are 12) wanted to summarize the lessons they learned this semester. If. Um. Anybody would like to see.

I wanted to let you know that your vid will screen tonight at Vid Party, part of Wiscon (a feminist and diverse scifi/fantasy convention - currently online only). Thanks for making such an amazing vid, it is contributing to a beloved event!

sick!