The Federalist
Lisa De Pasquale
February 9, 2018
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http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/09/trump-derangement-syndrome-fuels-propagandistic-childrens-books/#.Wn3EoKQQ3OE.twitterDespite women’s unemployment at an all-time low, a booming economy, and women like Nikki Haley, Linda McMahon, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Sanders, and others taking lead roles in the presidential administration, some women and organizations base their livelihood on telling other women and girls that they are victims. Even though I parodied their ridiculous actions like promoting feminism and social justice with $700 Dior T-shirts, there is one area they’ve found mainstream success: Children’s books.
The stories of woke children often seem like a parody of themselves. Every time I hear of something a woke kid said, I want to yell, “That didn’t happen!†For example, Amelia Womack, deputy leader of the Green Party, tweeted, “My 11 year old nephew just said that he doesn’t like James Bond because he saw a cover of a James Bond book with a naked woman on and he didn’t think that women’s bodies should be used to sell things #proudauntiemoment.â€
Wokeness is leeching into every aspect of culture. BuzzFeed posted a list of onesies for “your woke AF baby.†NPR published “Summer Reading for Your Woke Kid.â€