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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
And they’re the #######s.
“Dress up story time” is the most non-controversial, most inclusive thing you could call this - “drag queen story hour” generates a particular kind of negative response. (As does “reading with royalty” - synonyms aren’t solutions)
Whereas “Dress Up story hour” invites anyone who would like to come read to the children in costume to do so.
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It’s absurd to think “reading with royalty” is an issue because it’s a bad synonym and “dress up story hour” is not an issue because it’s a good synonym. What are you even saying?
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
That’s the goal, right? To read to the kids?
So do whatever is necessary to make a welcoming and non-threatening an environment to as many different people as possible.
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They are welcoming and non-threatening events. The goal is not simply to “read to kids” but to encourage acceptance and understanding so that kids know however they want to express themselves is OK. If boys want to wear nail polish, is it inappropriate to teach them that it’s OK to do that? That’d be a tough argument to make.
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Don’t make it about anything other than reading to children.
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There are lots of other readings for that. Go to those.
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Drag shows are lots of fun - there’s a reason they card you on the way in. Because they’re not appropriate for children who go to the library for story hour.
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Actually, it’s because most of them are at bars.
Drag events geared toward being child-friendly or all-ages are purposely not inappropriate for children or all ages.
I would encourage you to actually attend one of these readings and see for yourself (if you have kids, you might even realise it’s not just moms that take their kids to reading time, step up dad!). At the end of the day, showing children (who naturally have a far more fluid and open understanding of gender and gender expression than adults) that you can be whoever you want to be and express yourself however you want to express yourself is fun and healthy and a worthwhile cause.