Can’t wait to see what this wrecking crew does to Huckleberry Finn.
It’s not Fahrenheit 451, it’s 1984 about 40 years late.
Not to mention Huckleberry Hound…
Or Augie Doggy and Augie Daddy.
What level of self-regard must one possess to feel qualified to rewrite classic novels? Would these same “sensitivity readers” also consider themselves qualified to retouch the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in order to render it less patriarchal?
They’re people who have no qualms about smashing statues and throwing oil on paintings in the Louvre, so I don’t doubt they’d redo the Sistine Chapel if anyone suggested the idea.
What’s especially peculiar about the Inclusive Minds thing is that there’s no obvious reason to an outsider that they’d be competent at the job. It’s just like that amateur restoration job you linked.
Even if I think I’m good enough to rewrite other peoples’ works for sensitivity, why would anyone give me work? There’s more going on here than narcissism. My guess is that the publisher thought it was more important to deliver (or at least appear so) sanitized literature than the competency of the sanitizers. (or should we say “sensitizers”?)
Maybe they’re angling for the public education market. They probably could sell a huge number of books to a captive student market. While if this author’s work stays neanderthal and unhip, it might be permanently excluded from such a huge market.
Might I suggest a candidate sterilizer sensitizer?
I used to have a copy of the Olive Pell Bible, which was a Bowdlerized New Testament. It’s not a new thing.
Suck it up, buttercups..
Can’t wait to see what this wrecking crew does to Huckleberry Finn.
It’s not Fahrenheit 451, it’s 1984 about 40 years late.
Not to mention Huckleberry Hound…
Or Augie Doggy and Augie Daddy.
We should expect a result something like this:
https://theworld.org/stories/2012-08-25/amateur-restoration-botches-jesus-painting-spain
They’re people who have no qualms about smashing statues and throwing oil on paintings in the Louvre, so I don’t doubt they’d redo the Sistine Chapel if anyone suggested the idea.
What’s especially peculiar about the Inclusive Minds thing is that there’s no obvious reason to an outsider that they’d be competent at the job. It’s just like that amateur restoration job you linked.
Even if I think I’m good enough to rewrite other peoples’ works for sensitivity, why would anyone give me work? There’s more going on here than narcissism. My guess is that the publisher thought it was more important to deliver (or at least appear so) sanitized literature than the competency of the sanitizers. (or should we say “sensitizers”?)
Maybe they’re angling for the public education market. They probably could sell a huge number of books to a captive student market. While if this author’s work stays neanderthal and unhip, it might be permanently excluded from such a huge market.
Might I suggest a candidate
sterilizersensitizer?I used to have a copy of the Olive Pell Bible, which was a Bowdlerized New Testament. It’s not a new thing.