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Jun. 11th, 2009

08:39 pm - 120 Hour Challenge - Day 4

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From:[info]diceytillerman
Date:June 11th, 2009 11:14 pm (UTC)
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I can appreciate what you're saying about final message. I don't think I agree, mainly because of the proportion; to me, the pounding in of the otherization goes on for so long that I don't really see it dissipating in proportion to how big it was for so long. Like, it was so blatantly negative for so long that I probably wouldn't feel comfy unless the turnaround was similarly blatant, which I don't find the ending to be. (Sorry, incoherence.) But that's just me.

Meta-pause: there are so very very few people doing fatpol crit of children's lit that may I just take a moment to appreciate that you do? :)
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From:[info]lady_schrapnell
Date:June 12th, 2009 08:34 pm (UTC)
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Yes, I can see the proportion problem - as you've said elsewhere, it would be different if there were plenty of fat-friendly characters around YA lit. Now that I've defended, I'm going to do a 180 and say that I was a little unhappy that there was such an obvious reason for Troy's having got fat, and much more unhappy at how obviously unhealthy he was. A bit of HAES possibility would have been excellent! (Maybe that drumming...)

Thank you very much for the appreciation moment, which I appreciate deeply! :) You and [info]gnomicutterance are wonderful teachers.
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