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Putting books in free libraries

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[–]Movellon[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Rule 2

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I very much like the idea of little book swapping boxes. I read an article the other day that mentioned that only 12% of today's under-25s read any printed material in any given day. Social media, presumably, didn't count.

I think your idea is a good one. You're quite right that you're supporting authors by buying their books, and the worst that can happen is that the books will go unread or will be removed or destroyed. You shouldn't destroy books you disagree with, of course, but we're not dealing with rational minds here, are we?

Abigal Shrier and Helen Joyce are good calls. I'd also recommend:

  • The End of Gender by Debra Soh

  • When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. Anderson (if you can get hold of copies - if we lived in another time I'd crudely samizdat it and leave it in a dead drop)

I'd also recommend Cynical Theories for a more zoomed out look at woke theory, but probably not one to include if your goal is gender juju.

[–]HelloMomo[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What's the deal with When Harry Became Sally? A quick google search revels that Ryan T. Anderson is against homosexuality—which is fine. He has every right to oppose it, and to speak only about that. Freed speech includes the right to speak offensively. Just like... maybe I don't need to be donating my money to speeding his works, then? Does When Harry Became Sally stay on topic? Or does it mix it together?

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I read it in the summer of last year so my recollections are imperfect, but I was never struck by anything in the book being remotely homophobic, and a brief glance at the index tells me the book doesn't mention homosexuality at all.

I would even go so far as to say that he's more sympathetic in his treatment of transgenderism than we on this forum can be. He is painstakingly even-handed and measured in his analyses, and at times I found myself wishing he'd get a little more angry about stuff.

He has chapters looking at: activist arguments; detransitioners telling us their stories; biological definitions of 'man' and 'woman', and policy.

If you're not happy giving your money to him, that's your call, but it's definitely one of the best books on the 'transgender moment' on the market, and the Woke™ backlash against it is completely disproportionate (but that doesn't really tell us much!)

Genuinely, I didn't know he was into Jesus until after I read it and looked into who the Heritage Foundation are and what they do. He's definitely in the 'Christ-like' camp of Christianity.

[–]HelloMomo[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's ok, I don't need him to be ideologically pure. Just that the fact that he's not means it felt prudent to double-check before investing money in it.

[–]davids877Straight Male Man 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't know if these libraries have children's books, but "My Body Is Me" by Rachel Rooney seems to be widely disliked by the TRA crowd, so it's probably good.

[–]barnarnasis this tv show my friend? 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Is it available to purchase anywhere other than TransgenderTrend? Shipping to the US is more than the actual book