Author Sarah S. Brannen can expect all sorts of conservative backlash – and all the free publicity that goes with it:
Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen, is the tale of a girl and her favorite uncle.
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Life is good until the day Mama throws a family picnic and Uncle Bobby announces that he and his friend Jamie are getting married. Everyone is excited except Chloe.She tells her mother, "Bobby is my special uncle. I don't want him to get married."
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"Uncle Bobby's Wedding" never specifically focuses on the same-sex aspect of the wedding. It's clear; the grooms wear tuxedos. But Chloe simply is worried about losing her uncle's attention, not about him marrying a guy.When children pick up a book and see a family that reflects theirs, it's got to be comforting. Especially when so many of the families around them don't seem to.
And when the book doesn't make a big deal about what can make them feel so different, it's even better.
And, of course, Bobby and company are some sort of gerbil-esque creature, the gayest member of the rodent family!
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I'm loving the gerbils in Tom Ford. This is how every week should start.
How can you tell a male rodent from a female one, especially with an indeterminate name like Jamie?
the tuxedos i guess lol
They're guinea pigs, not gerbils. And if you read the book, it's perfectly obvious which ones are boys and which ones are girls!
FYI, I published an interview with Brannen a few months ago, and conservative publication Town Hall soon plagiarized my article (with the usual addition of quotation marks around words like "wedding") in their condemnation of the book.
In her interview with me, Brannen also explains why she chose to use guinea pigs, and how she indicated their gender.
A little much for where we're at today, but it's only a matter of time until same-sex affection can actually make it into media that children are exposed to, where it *isn't* being mocked.
… and then, it's only a matter of time until the conservatives are thrown from power, and we can usher in a NEW WORLD ORDER of FASHIONABLE MEN and TOLERANCE! We shall tear their 'family structure' asunder with basic human affection and loving relationships!
Good for her, the more kids books which treat us matter of factly the better.
(not the same Alexa as posted earlier btw)