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  • ‘Sensitivity Readers’ Are Screening Content for Publishing Houses

    ‘Sensitivity Readers’ Are Screening Content for Publishing Houses0

    • February 17, 2017

    Via the Chicago Tribune: Before a book is published and released to the public, it’s passed through the hands (and eyes) of many people: an author’s friends and family, an agent and, of course, an editor. These days, though, a book may get an additional check from an unusual source: a sensitivity reader, a person

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  • ‘Scared’ Prof Blasts Political Correctness

    ‘Scared’ Prof Blasts Political Correctness0

    Last week, University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson released a video in which he pushed back on the political correctness movement. “I am very concerned about what’s happening in universities,” said Peterson, a tenured research and clinical psychologist. Peterson has been called a bigot and “abusive” because he has declined to use genderless pronouns

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  • ‘Rings of Power’: 4 Great Sins of Season 2

    ‘Rings of Power’: 4 Great Sins of Season 22

    The second season of Amazon’s “Rings of Power” somehow managed to be worse than the first season of the show, which is a rather high bar. The first season showed a disrespect for J.R.R. Tolkien’s world, but this season made things worse. It seems as if the showrunners don’t understand the basics of fantasy—or even storytelling. Before I

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  • ‘Recess Coaches’ are Being Hired by Schools to Manage How Kids Play

    ‘Recess Coaches’ are Being Hired by Schools to Manage How Kids Play0

    A few years ago, recess was on the verge of extinction, crowded out by high-stakes testing and concerns over potential injuries or schoolyard bullying. Recess, however, has come roaring back in popularity as parents and teachers have realized how essential it is to the growth and development of children. Yet in spite of this resurgence,

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  • ‘Racism’ Is a Matter of Definition

    ‘Racism’ Is a Matter of Definition0

    Discrimination is part of everyday life, and though it often carries a negative connotation, it is an essential practice. For example, we discriminate against the kinds of TV programs or people we don’t like, between fact and fiction, and among activities of varying risk. But discrimination is an act; before that, it is an opinion.

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  • ‘Peter Rabbit’ vs. ‘Polar Bear’s Underwear’: The Revenge of the Classics

    ‘Peter Rabbit’ vs. ‘Polar Bear’s Underwear’: The Revenge of the Classics0

    More than 70 years after her death, Beatrix Potter has a new book coming out in September to coincide with the 150th anniversary of her birth. The long-lost manuscript of The Tale of Kitty-In-Boots, which will be illustrated by Quentin Blake (the wonderful illustrator of Roald Dahl’s book), is already a bestseller. Potter, most famous

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