#Netflix to create five new Dr. Seuss animated shows

#Netflix to create five new Dr. Seuss animated shows

“Netflix to create five new Dr. Seuss animated shows” Netflix is “uncanceling” Dr. Seuss a year after six of the author’s famous children’s books were forced out of print due to allegedly racist imagery. The streaming giant announced on Tuesday that it was developing five new animated series for preschoolers based on famous Seuss books…

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#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

“#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary” Culture critic: Instagram’s Empty ReligionsThe “nones” — the 22 percent of millennials without a specific religion — have “found a different kind of clergy,” Leigh Stein reports at The New York Times: Instagram “personal-growth influencers.” Millennials’ “new belief system is a blend of left-wing political orthodoxy, intersectional feminism, self-optimization,…

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#The Discontinued Publication & Licensing Of Six Books By Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel Is Not “Cancel Culture,” This Time Anyways! It’s Taken Accountability!

#The Discontinued Publication & Licensing Of Six Books By Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel Is Not “Cancel Culture,” This Time Anyways! It’s Taken Accountability!

“#The Discontinued Publication & Licensing Of Six Books By Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel Is Not “Cancel Culture,” This Time Anyways! It’s Taken Accountability!” As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, some of Dr. Seuss’s books are no longer going to be published for containing offensive depictions of non-white characters. Now, to be fair, they did…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 5, 2021” The Issue: Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ decision to stop publishing six of his books for offensive imagery. Instead of cherry-picking through a series of books with the whole objective of finding perceived slights against different races, why not focus on book themes by Ted “Dr. Seuss” Geisel (“Green…

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#Dr. Seuss media empire stretches far beyond six shelved books

#Dr. Seuss media empire stretches far beyond six shelved books

“#Dr. Seuss media empire stretches far beyond six shelved books” Dr. Seuss’ publisher’s decision to stop selling some of his beloved books appears unlikely to put a dent in his estate’s bottom line. The beloved children’s author born Theodor Seuss Geisel raked in $33 million last year, making him the world’s second-highest-paid dead celebrity behind…

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#Prices of scrapped Dr. Seuss books skyrocket on eBay

#Prices of scrapped Dr. Seuss books skyrocket on eBay

“#Prices of scrapped Dr. Seuss books skyrocket on eBay” These books are going away — but not if you’re willing to pay. The prices of six Dr. Seuss titles exploded on eBay after the beloved author’s publisher said it would stop selling them because they contained racist images. Prospective buyers placed bids in the hundreds…

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