Picture Bookstagang Podcast
Show Notes Episode 6
https://picturebookstagang.wordpress.com/
“#LibrarianFightClub: Internet Fights about Picture Books”
Episode summary:
Sometimes a book just rubs you the wrong way, and sometimes, it’s overtly or subtly racist, misogynistic, or otherwise deeply problematic. #Librarianfightclub is an Instagram event where people duke it out over picture books. When is a book just bad? Check out the hashtag on Instagram #LibrarianFightClub to add your opinion to the mix.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Topic 1 What is #LibrarianFightClub? [2:02]
-Topic 2 Discussing Deeply Problematic Books [6:18]
-Topic 3 Criticism of the Classics in a post Uprising World [4:39]
-Topic 4 Nostalgia and Problem Books [12;28]
-Topic 5 Modelling Critical Analysis with Children [15:23]
-Topic 6 Why You should Care even if it doesn’t affect you personally [23:48]
-Topic 7 What book would you like to see on #LibrarianFightClub? [24:38]
Resources Mentioned:
21:51: Vanessa Rhinesmith https://www.vanessarhinesmith.com/
10:28 – Dr. Seuss and The Conscious Kid
https://www.theconsciouskid.org/blog/2018/2/18/a-critical-race-reading-of-dr-seuss
Episode transcript: For a transcript of this audio recording head over to https://picturebookstagang.wordpress.com/
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