Oral Sex for Kids? All in the Name of Education

The National Ledger ^ | May 25, 2005 | Michelle Malkin

[Coastal]

Here's a rich irony: I'm writing today about a new children's book, but I can't describe the plot in a family newspaper without warning you first that it is entirely inappropriate for children.

The book is "Rainbow Party," by juvenile fiction author Paul Ruditis. The publisher is Simon Pulse, a kiddie lit division of the esteemed Simon & Schuster. The cover of the book features the title spelled out in fun, Crayola-bright font. Beneath the title is an illustrated array of lipsticks in bold colors.

The main characters in the book are high school sophomores -- supposedly typical 14- and 15-year-olds with names such as "Gin" and "Sandy." The book opens with these two girls shopping for lipstick at the mall in advance of a special party. The girls banter as they hunt for lipsticks in every color of the rainbow

[SittinYonder]

I raised questions in my book and I hope that parents and children or teachers and students can open a topic of conversation through it.

Ah yes, as long as questions are raised and a dialogue can begin, then any amount of depravity shoved in our faces is perfectly all right.

Thank you very much, but you can wrap it in plastic and put it behind the counter.

[Keith in Iowa]

"Educational" Smut For Kids - (new zinger by Michelle Malkin, my kinda writer!)
	Posted by CHARLITE On News/Activism 05/24/2005 11:00:04 PM CDT · 42 replies · 667+ views REDSTATESUSA.COM ^ | MAY 25, 2005 | MICHELLE MALKIN Here's a rich irony: I'm writing today about a new children's book, but I can't describe the plot in a family newspaper without warning you first that it is entirely inappropriate for children. The book is "Rainbow Party," by juvenile fiction author Paul Ruditis. The publisher is Simon Pulse, a kiddie lit division of the esteemed Simon & Schuster. The cover of the book features the title spelled out in fun, Crayola-bright font. Beneath the title is an illustrated array of lipsticks in bold colors. The main characters in the book are high school sophomores -- supposedly typical 14- and...

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Might not be a bad time to bring back tarring and feathering.

[SittinYonder]

Might not be a bad time to bring back tarring and feathering.

I live by one rule: It's never a bad time to bring back tarring and feathering.

[cyborg]

You can review the book at Amazon.

[ApplegateRanch]

then any amount of depravity shoved in our faces is perfectly all right.

But...but...you mean, you don'twant to

RAISE AWARENESS

of a "serious problem" in our society?

Remember:

It's for The Cheeeeeldren!

[Plutarch]

Rainbow Party review

RAINBOW PARTY
Author: Ruditis, Paul Review Date: MAY 15, 2005
Publisher:Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Price (paperback): $8.99
Publication Date: 6/1/2005 0:00:00
ISBN: 1-4169-0235-X
ISBN (paperback): 1-4169-0235-X
Category: CHILDREN'S

Flimsy characterization weakens this pulp about a teen sex party but doesn't neutralize the disquieting issues confronted. Gin invites a select group of sophomores to her house for a Rainbow Party, in which each girl will put on a different color lipstick and perform oral sex on every boy there. Projected result: At the end, each boy's penis will be covered with a rainbow of lipstick colors. The narrative begins two hours before the 3 p.m. (post-school) start time and alternates points of view between the invitees as the clock ticks down. A grim, glum feeling runs throughout as various characters exhibit selfishness, crassness and lack of self-confidence. Even the solidly bonded couple fails to communicate until near the end. Obstacles prevent the party from occurring, but themes explored along the way include sexually transmitted disease, virginity, peer pressure, ambivalence about sex, the non-mutuality of the planned sex and plain old horniness. Thin characterization, but frank and unique. (Fiction. YA)

[bpjam]

I'm sorry but where the hell was all this oral sex when I was in high school. I want to formally complain. If I didn't get oral sex in high school, then none of these lazy kids should be getting it either. They should have to learn to buy gifts, pretent to be sincere, lie and practice foreplay just like their parents did to get oral sex. THERE SHOULD BE NO SHORTCUTS TO ORAL SEX.

Okay, go ahead and delete this post. But you all know what I'm talking about. I don't want to see oral sex subsidized in teh schools. They should have to work for it just like we did when we were in school.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Ah yes. Simon & Schuster. Carly Simon, friend of Hillary, big Dem donor. Disgusting. Coming to your local library soon.

[weegee]

Simon & Schuster's parent company is Viacom. Same as CBS and MTV.

Small world, isn't it?

[newzjunkey]

There's a lot of salacious stuff in the Holocaust-era "Diary of Ann Frank" too. She talks about her masturbation practices and fantasies. Would you ban that in classrooms?

[newzjunkey]

Having now read the review... YIKES! This reads like something out of the Junior Readers section at your local adult bookstore. It's way, way *WAY* beyond what's appropriate for our failing schools.

You can't make outrageously incredible things like this up can you?

[TheCrusader]

"They should have to work for it just like we did when we were in school."

I wish someone had told me that a national vote was held to elect an official American Fellatio Elder Spokesman, I would have voted for somebody who grew up in a community where self respect was still a virtue.

[SittinYonder]

Ann Frank's diary, as a historical record, has a certain value that a work of fiction about group oral sex parties for 14 and 15 year old girls doesn't have. Understanding that you probably haven't read it (which I haven't either) do you think this book is appropriate for school age children assuming Malkin's description is accurate?

[newzjunkey]

It's the post-Clinton era. From that era we learned that middle schoolers are practicing oral sex. We learned that oral sex is not even sex. How would they feel about it if it was called sodomy, a term that covers any gender pairing and any non-penile-vaginal activity?

Just at this as one more "benefit" from Clinton's reign. Like 9/11.

[newzjunkey]

I picked out Ann Frank's diary because I remember sitting in a sixth grade classroom as we were reading every word of it aloud rather than hitting highlights. There were many dramatic pauses of discomfort as 11 and 12 yr old boys stumbled into her erotic passages as they read to the entire class. This wasn't appropriate presentation of the material. Now that I see what kind of book this piece of fiction is... I'm gasping at the outrageousness.

[dawn53]

Exactly. Thank you Bill Clinton!

"Part of me doesn't understand why people don't want to talk about [oral sex]," he said. "Kids are having sex and they are actively engaged in oral sex and think it's not really sex

[TheCrusader]

"There's a lot of salacious stuff in the Holocaust-era "Diary of Ann Frank" too."

It was a girl's personal diary, never written with the intent to be seen by anyone else, nevermind become published as a book. Had Ann Frank survived her ordeal, I wonder if she'd have wanted to edit her story a little bit before releasing it to the public?

In all honesty, I can't for the life of me understand how Ann Frank's sexual fantasies had a damn thing to do with Hitler, Nazi Germany, her chilling story, or the plight of the European Jews of that era. Though I suppose a little lewdness will always help to sell books and tickle the voyeur bone of the Alfred Kinsey's of the world.

[Solar Wind]

Coastal,

Thanks for posting this. I am truly distressed by this article. I thought 'What an aberration. Surely our own library would not order such a book!'

I checked the title and found a total of 16 copies were on order for our county libraries. Two thirds of the libraries would have their own copy. Not only that, a total of 9 holds had already been placed on these books. Apparently there is word out on the book.

This is the same library that my son frequently visits with us. We homeschool for obvious reasons. This aggressive culture that reaches out for our children needs to be constantly and vigilantly watched by parents and friends of parents.

Mr Sol.