tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post6921644418804812101..comments2023-10-19T16:51:02.934-07:00Comments on Walk the Ridgepole: Let's hear it for the boys!Shoshanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280318814624346561noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-69637841691282175442023-10-19T07:46:10.320-07:002023-10-19T07:46:10.320-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Camillahttps://camillafioravanziphotography.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-10005772306069062772013-10-28T20:33:43.061-07:002013-10-28T20:33:43.061-07:00She'd be the manic pixie dream girl.She'd be the manic pixie dream girl.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517010329986501742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-43803914213006894852013-10-28T05:29:47.682-07:002013-10-28T05:29:47.682-07:00Thanks, Vicky! I'm working on it ;)Thanks, Vicky! I'm working on it ;)Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280318814624346561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-52934641744971345202013-10-28T04:05:23.726-07:002013-10-28T04:05:23.726-07:00What an excellent point! Shoshana, you are right! ...What an excellent point! Shoshana, you are right! All those great male (hetero) chefs, artists, songwriters, nurses, etc...must have been shunned at one point or another in their childhood b/c they preferred pursuing other "games" than the stereo-typical sports or rough & tumble play. Why don't you write collaborate with someone (or do it on your own) and write a good one for the younger boys. Vicky (Margo's mom)Vilcky Beckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-443872232083775432013-10-27T19:09:29.740-07:002013-10-27T19:09:29.740-07:00:Nod: Yeah, teenaged Clementine might well end up ...:Nod: Yeah, teenaged Clementine might well end up being the snarky best friend. And I'm not sure that's true for boys.Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280318814624346561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-5708718257538580712013-10-27T15:24:20.058-07:002013-10-27T15:24:20.058-07:00But once girls become teens, to be protagonists th...But once girls become teens, to be protagonists they have to be attractive (with very few exceptions, some of which don't count because the girls are attractive, they just don't recognize it). Boy teen protagonists don't have to be attractive. Clementine grows up and only has value in the YA lit realm if she's "worth" having a crush on.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517010329986501742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-22450781959041913792013-10-27T07:19:36.304-07:002013-10-27T07:19:36.304-07:00Also agreed! I think there's a feeling out the...Also agreed! I think there's a feeling out there that queerness=sexual and therefore sensitive content, but a board book like Mommy, Mama, and Me is exactly as sexual as any book about a kid with a mommy and a daddy. (Whether we're too afraid of sexual content itself is another question...)Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280318814624346561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-68189527499686664662013-10-27T05:42:32.138-07:002013-10-27T05:42:32.138-07:00Well, that, and we should be normalizing queerness...Well, that, and we should be normalizing queerness so that it's not "inappropriate" for younger readers. Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568054586014122418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-50446107833693397362013-10-26T19:48:37.440-07:002013-10-26T19:48:37.440-07:00Thanks, Sam! (I would love to be proven wrong and ...Thanks, Sam! (I would love to be proven wrong and find that there are lots of examples out there!)Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280318814624346561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-61413989904509838172013-10-26T19:43:23.125-07:002013-10-26T19:43:23.125-07:00You're right; this is a gap. Holly Black's...You're right; this is a gap. Holly Black's Doll Bones does it really well. Trying to think of other MG examples... Gordon Korman's Schooled (and a lot of Korman, actually). Eighth-Grade Superzero. Okay for Now. Liar & Spy, sort of. I'll keep thinking; it's a really good question.Sam Musherhttp://www.parenthetical.netnoreply@blogger.com