tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post6757145723487585038..comments2023-06-14T05:10:07.234-07:00Comments on Little Happinesses: reading IS sexy, dammit!little happinesses:http://www.blogger.com/profile/00645406300267032741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-72855923740542275642009-10-06T13:21:00.744-07:002009-10-06T13:21:00.744-07:00oh ricardo, how I love you:) You're right thou...oh ricardo, how I love you:) You're right though, I think, and James said something similar: it's kind of about redefining sexy to comprise positive, non-carnal attributes as well. (not that carnal's all bad, but it's nice to think that literacy can be attractive and arousing, isn't it?:) <br /><br />I should have told that parent that I was helping her daughter to conceive of herself in a more wholesome, holistic sense of sexy. (though she probably still would have been pissed off. Oh well.)little happinesses:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00645406300267032741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-24572735804428197802009-10-02T00:14:02.044-07:002009-10-02T00:14:02.044-07:00I think you're actually contributing to the HY...I think you're actually contributing to the HYPO-sexualization of youth. By using the word "sexy" to promote something that is an of itself a nonsexual act, and, indeed, a generally enriching and intellectual act, you are redefining sexiness to include something both (sexually) harmless and overwhelmingly positive. Surely the kids you teach are inundated with negative images of sexuality every five seconds they watch TV, and you've implanted in their tiny brains the notion that sexiness is a quality that encompasses more than wearing low cut shirts and cootchy shorts, or bagging a bunch of girls and having cut abs.<br /><br />It is a deliciously subversive move that will probably change half those children's lives... some day one of them will be walking past a coffee shop and see some man or woman reading Margaret Atwood or Tolstoy and linger for just a moment longer than they should as they gaze in at the reader, suddenly and inexplicably aroused. They'll comment to a friend as they walk away "damn, reading is sexy." Better yet, maybe they'll be bold enough to write their number on an old, ragtag bookmark they got in seventh grade and have kept ever since. They'll pull it out from between the pages of the Tim O'Brien novel tucked securely in their knapsack, and slip the reader that scrap of astro-glow card stock with the faded words their mother had so objected to years before, and was now about to determine their genetic future.<br /><br />May it come to pass.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075599588570845197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-86196617319558887732009-09-24T09:11:46.420-07:002009-09-24T09:11:46.420-07:00haha! That's great! I suppose it would be pett...haha! That's great! I suppose it would be petty and mean in the scheme of things, though very satisfying in the short term!:)<br /><br />Do you think "sexy" is out of line for 7th graders though? It's possible I was wrong about it..little happinesses:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00645406300267032741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-54330525436750581922009-09-24T00:52:34.206-07:002009-09-24T00:52:34.206-07:00You should make another batch of bookmarks that re...You should make another batch of bookmarks that read: "Whiny Tattletales Know Where To Stick It."DocSocrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09888934259859579553noreply@blogger.com