We (the NGO I work for) put a survey on FB about adults who read folktales / fairy tales.
It's getting a bunch of trolls.
How is THIS a post getting the trolls?!
"Adults should read literature, not infantile gibberish."
"Tales for adults are called fantasy fiction. Or the news."
"Doesn't this organization do anything else but stories?"
What. The. Hell.
#WTF #folklore #folktales #reading #storytelling
It's getting a bunch of trolls.
How is THIS a post getting the trolls?!
"Adults should read literature, not infantile gibberish."
"Tales for adults are called fantasy fiction. Or the news."
"Doesn't this organization do anything else but stories?"
What. The. Hell.
#WTF #folklore #folktales #reading #storytelling
Marquise de What •
Zumbador •
I know even usually thoughtful people are weird about how books and reading signal status or in-group out-group stuff.
Or they come out weirdly puritan. ( Books are supposed to be good for you in "eat your veggies" kind way. Pleasure and joy are self indulgent. )
But this reaction seems even more tone deaf than usual.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág •
buherator •
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág •
buherator •
Otherwise, English is also good.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág •
Gergely Nagy 🐁 •
Csepp 🌢 •
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág •
Silverlion •
sahqon •
JoeMccon •
"Huh?, I said.
"You know, idiots, " she replied.
The internet is essentially a giant proof of that concept.
Ray McCarthy •
J.S. Pailly •
As an adult, I read Harry Potter, and people told me that's only for kids. I read Twilight, and people told me that's for middle aged women. And I still read lots of science fiction, which apparently means I've "gone woke," according to some people.
There is something about books and literature that brings out the absolute judgiest of judgy people.