A potentially controversial episode as we discuss Separating the Art from the Artist. We bring up #MeToo, library neutrality, problematic faves, and firing people out of cannons. What are your thoughts? Can you separate the art from the artist?

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray

Books, Links, Articles, and Things

• Me Too movement
• Lemony Snicket > Controversy
• Lemony Snicket Accused of Making Lewd Comments About Female Authors
• Time’s Up (movement)
• Trudeau gives Canada first cabinet with equal number of men and women
• Problematic Fave (Know Your Meme)
• “What’s the situation with Tamora Pierce?”
• Tintin in the Congo
• Babar the Elephant
• Several pieces about Paul Pope’s sexual harassment on Tumblr
• Roc Upchurch Off Rat Queens After Domestic Violence Arrest
• Rat Queens
• #OwnVoices: Why We Need Diverse Authors in Children’s Literature
• The Problem with #OwnVoices LGBTQ Lit
• Louise Simonson (writer on Superman: The Man of Steel, New Mutants, and other titles)
• G. Willow Wilson (write on Ms. Marvel)
• Orson Scott Card’s long history of homophobia: In honor of the “Ender’s Game” trailer release, a look at some of the sci-fi master’s most controversial remarks
• Looney Tunes > Racial stereotypes
• The Problem with Apu
• Rurouni Kenshin Creator Nobuhiro Watsuki Fined 200,000 Yen for Possession of Child Porn
• Mangaka Convicted and Sentenced for Schoolgirl Sex “Romp”
• Sensitivity Readers
• In an Era of Online Outrage, Do Sensitivity Readers Result in Better Books, or Censorship?
• White guilt

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