Oops! Where did that come from? No, I love the internet because occasionally you stumble across someone saying something important. Something you believe in. And you sit there nodding to yourself, thinking, 'Man, I wish I'd said that.' Yesterday I read Maureen Johnson's blog about the supposed crisis in boys' reading, and the fact that everyone seems to think we need more male authors for children. Please have a read here.
Here's my favourite bit:
It was like the penis was literally the magical eleventh finger that allowed you to write, and if I could just GROW ONE SOMEHOW, or imagine it into being, I would gain the abilities I so desired.
Tee hee. Anyway, I'd love to know what you think on the matter. Because I think MAUREEN JOHNSON IS A BLOODY GENIUS!
Wow, that is a seriously amazing post. And she's so right! My A-level English teacher had a class of 19 girls and 2 boys and so tried to put as many female authors/poets in as possible, but the canon and the curriculum contains barely any female authors so we ended up woth only Mary Shelley and Christina Rossetti.
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