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Publishers turn backs on 'macho' heroes for new generation of male role models (Trunc)
Daily Mail ^
| April 21, 2018
| BRIDIE PEARSON-JONES
Posted on 04/21/2018 8:59:03 AM PDT by Kalamata
Publishers are moving away from 'macho' heroes in non-fiction books for boys and moving towards an 'alternative type of hero' who to those who 'checks their privilege'. It comes following impressive sales of books that empower young women, such as Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. The publishers aim to move away from the 'stereotypical idea of masculinity' and action-men style heroes such as Prince Charming and will instead focus on stories of real-life heroes such as Usain Bolt and James Harrison, a blood donor"
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: books; fiction; malerolemodels; nonfiction; ya; yafiction; yalit; yaliterature; yanonfiction; youngadultbooks
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'The alternative type of hero is a man who checks his privilege...' ******************************************************************************************** Save your old fiction books!!
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posted on
04/21/2018 8:59:03 AM PDT
by
Kalamata
To: Kalamata
I’m living in a Monty Python sketch.
L
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:00:14 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: Kalamata
New male role model.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:01:06 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kalamata
feh...
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:02:16 AM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: Kalamata
Of course that’s only white males.
Black males can be as Alpha as they wanna be.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:03:08 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kalamata
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:04:32 AM PDT
by
mindburglar
(I have an above average brain stem)
To: Kalamata
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:05:23 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Kalamata
what a perfect strategy- don’t give people what they actually want- give them a propaganda filled agenda instead- guess good sales figures don’t matter to socialists anymore- it’s the socialist agenda that is more important
One can only hope these people socialize their businesses right out of existence because they can no longer afford to propagate the illusion of utopia
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:06:24 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
What's needed instead is a series of books about how all leftists are sexists, racists, and heterophobes (and support BDS) and by the end of the story, their severed heads are piled into pyramids, then everyone of appropriate age gets laid. Thanks Kalamata.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:06:53 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: bgill
The adventures of Prince Poofter
To: bgill
Courage and character are so yesterday!
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:08:00 AM PDT
by
Spok
("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
To: Kalamata
This is the very reason why I enjoy watching movies from the 40s to the 60s.
Just watched “My Darling Clementine” about the shootout at the OK Corral with Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell and Cathy Downs.
Watching “The Far Country” right now, another great western about the 1896 Klondike gold rush with James Stewart and a strong female played by Ruth Roman.
To: Kalamata
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:09:03 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Lurker
I’m living in a Monty Python sketch. 
"I thought you were so butch!"
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:09:14 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kalamata
Not a surprise when you’re familiar with the ownership of the publishing companies.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:12:20 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: mewzilla
Self-publishing will address this problem.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:13:08 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: dfwgator
Of course that’s only white males.
Excellent point.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:13:34 AM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: Old Yeller
Of course that’s only white males.
Watch any commercial on television when there are black and white males on the same one.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:16:09 AM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: Kalamata
real-life heroes such as Usain Bolt Why is he a hero - because he can run fast?
Are ALL Olympic gold medalists "heroes," or just select ones that this author likes?
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:16:37 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: Old Yeller
Just look at all the rap videos.
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posted on
04/21/2018 9:17:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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