Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-09-21
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 148
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Garrison Davis criticized When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. Anderson and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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When Harry Became Sally
When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T.
Critiqued“Oh, the citation is When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement, the the the anti-trans book from 2018 by Ryan T. Anderson. Oh god. That's not a real philosophy, biology, or psychology book.”
Where to get it
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Gender Queer
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is an autobiographical graphic novel that chronicles the author's journey of self-discovery, gender identity, and adolescence.
Critiqued“They complain about like books in schools. They they they call the gender queer a graphic novel a book riddled with pornographic and pedophilic content. Not true. It's just simply isn't true.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Hillbilly Elegy
“I can't say for sure, but he might be the first VP pick to have admitted in a New York Times bestseller to an inside-out latex glove shoved in between two couch cushions. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, pages 179 to 181.”
Passing Hillbilly Elegy
“The people created Dr. to Pages of Vance's book Hillbilly Elegy, where he reflected on tales of his youth in Ohio, where it was commonplace for young boys, rejected by girls, to turn to couch cushions for sexual pleasure. Uh the fake pages were framed as a limited first edition of the book”
Passing Charlotte's Web
“I'm surrounded by states who are spending their time figuring out how to ban Charlotte's Web in their schools, while we're banishing hunger from ours with free breakfast and lunch. That's what the public's looking for.”