May 2011
9 posts
Gender bias uncovered in children's books with male characters, including male animals, leading the fictional pack →
sciencedaily.com
“The most comprehensive study of 20th century children’s books ever undertaken in the United States has found a bias towards tales that feature men and boys as lead characters. Surprisingly, researchers found that even when the characters are animals, they tend to be male.”
Is that really “surprising?”
Dads are the Original Hipsters →
dadsaretheoriginalhipster.tumblr.com
This is awesome. My dad definitely has some pics from the very early 80’s that would qualify—tinted aviators, mutton chops, velour polos.
Shaun Tan
Since he’s been nominated for a Hugo (along with a, er, less than family friendly YouTube video) let’s have a Shaun Tan entry! (The click through links should be fairly huge.)
Congrats to all the Hugo nominees.
