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Watching this (awesome) video made me realize something. The history of Germany is exactly like the story of an ex-child star who came back from a troubled past. Consider:
In 1871 it burst onto a scene full of aging nations, young and fresh but backed by a strong legacy. It did some great work right off the bat; everyone respected it and thought it was going places. Then it hit adolescence, got full of itself, and one failed project was enough to send it into a tailspin of insecurity. It started partying hard—drinking all the alcohol, doing all the drugs, spouting all the ideologies—and when it ran into money troubles, it fell in with the wrong crowd. Pretty soon, the newspapers were filled with stories of its increasingly destructive behavior, which was a clear cry for help. Unfortunately, it was already deep into some serious criminal practices by the time anyone thought to stop it, and the intervention, though ultimately successful, triggered a breakdown of epic proportions. It disappeared for a few years—first to prison, then to rehab—only to be newly torn apart by the dissolution of its parents’ marriage, which was covered extensively in the press. Caught in the middle of their openly hostile feud, it suffered an identity crisis and, as it tried desperately to get its life back on track, displayed signs of an untreated split personality disorder. Time and a fortuitous death in the family eventually reconciled its parents, and only then could it truly begin to regroup and work through its issues. These days, after a lot of therapy, it’s enjoying a steady and successful career, though it prefers supporting roles in ensemble casts to taking center stage. It also does a lot of work behind the scenes, financing the riskier and more ambitious projects of its peers.
Basically, Germany is Drew Barrymore (with a little Lohan mixed in).
And now you’ll always remember the basic trajectory of German history since 1871! You’re welcome.
Adults Who Only Read Adult Books Should Shut Up About Young Adult Books
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I interrupt this blog for a moment of outrage.
Okay, maybe “outrage” is too strong a word, but when I saw the title of this New York Times opinion piece—“Adults Should Read Adult Books”—my first reaction was something like this. It’s no secret that I love young adult fiction and I fully intend to read it until the day I die. After reading the full article, though, it’s clear that this guy Joel Stein is just an idiot, more deserving of my pity than my anger. Still, I feel like I need to chew this thing up and spit it back out before moving past it, so here goes:
The only thing more embarrassing than catching a guy on the plane looking at pornography on his computer is seeing a guy on the plane reading “The Hunger Games.” Or a Twilight book. Or Harry Potter.
Oh it’s on, Joel Stein. I’m sure you didn’t realize this, but people who proudly declare that they have never read Harry Potter and never will, like it’s somehow beneath them to even crack the cover, are among my very least favorite people in the world. My boyfriend was one of those when we first started dating, and upon learning this I proceeded to read the entire series aloud to him until he changed his mind. For the record, it only took about four chapters for that to happen, but by that point I was a train that would not be stopped until I reached the last sentence of book seven. It was very much a turning point in our relationship.
The only time I’m O.K. with an adult holding a children’s book is if he’s moving his mouth as he reads.
I’d like to believe this is a poorly executed reference to parents reading books to their kids, but I have a sneaking suspicion Stein is actually making fun of people who learn to read as adults. Gross.
I’m sure all those books are well written.Even when he’s trying to throw the counterargument a bone, he’s still wrong. The Twilight books are probably the four most terribly written novels ever to be published.
10 Reasons Why I Still Read Children's Books
YES!!! My list of the reasons why I read junior fiction, inspired by reading the article “Adults Should Read Adult Books” by Joel Stein. (via prettybooks)
