tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post5709662573979158306..comments2024-02-10T02:58:07.102-05:00Comments on Celestial Reflections: The Giving Tree is a SapLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-14270676350901620702020-01-17T16:18:56.865-05:002020-01-17T16:18:56.865-05:00File under: "It's always so much worse th...File under: "It's always so much worse than you think."<br /><br />"Best known as the author of bizarre children's poems, Shel Silverstein also created a bootleg album called <i>Fuck 'Em</i> in the 1960s. Here, he sings songs like 'I'm Not a Fag' and 'I Love My Right Hand,' about masturbating, in which he rhymes 'some men prefer adolescents with sexual acquiescence.'"<br /><br />Yeah, that's exactly who you want writing for your children.<br /><br />https://www.wweek.com/bump/2017/04/25/a-look-at-legendary-kids-entertainers-who-were-also-secret-scumbags/LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-61606491800968182282014-07-24T01:16:21.473-04:002014-07-24T01:16:21.473-04:00Yeah, I wondered how a guy who had done playboy ca...Yeah, I wondered how a guy who had done playboy cartoons for years ended up writing a kid's book. But at least he didn't do the kind of twisted cartoons I remember having seen in Hustler! I thought this one of his was pretty funny:<br /><br />http://www.cartoongal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/playboy-013.jpg<br />zigzagbuddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550899424907175116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-17731913965601273962014-07-23T14:58:49.011-04:002014-07-23T14:58:49.011-04:00"I never made you do my laundry or clean the ..."I never made you do my laundry or clean the house" <br /><br />Then did he tell you that it was because he wasn't like most men and really considered himself a feminist? I love when that happens! <br /><br />I think Silverstein mighta had some issues. You know his bread and butter was doing cartoons for Playboy. He never intended to write children's stories. He had to be convinced to do it. Kinda wish he'd gone with his first instinct. Not everything he wrote was terrible, or even inappropriate, but this particular book is pernicious. LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-44830112516648906082014-07-23T09:34:00.476-04:002014-07-23T09:34:00.476-04:00Wow, I have two grown kids and we have spent a LOT...Wow, I have two grown kids and we have spent a LOT of time in libraries... how fortunate we never came across that book! I was pretty picky about what I read to them so it's entirely possible I did come across it but never brought it home. Some of our favorites were "Bear by Himself", "Goodnight Moon", and "Socks for Supper", hehe.<br /><br />I just found out that the guy who wrote "The Giving Tree" also wrote the song "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" which is one of the most depressing songs I've ever heard. I loved Marianne Faithful until I got her album and heard that song. I'm glad to know she didn't write it but still, it totally ruined her for me.<br /><br />I had given an ex boyfriend of mine the boot back when and he was trying to understand why and said to me "I never made you do my laundry or clean the house"... as if that was his prerogative!!! I couldn't believe my ears. Arrogant fucking dumb ass. <br /><br />I've never been politically inclined or into 'feminism' or anything like that at all, but I did stop shaving my legs and armpits to remind myself that I was a 'natural woman' (who definitely enjoyed sex), but I was not a 'man-made sex object'. Granted, I've been celibate for a long time now, but I would rather have hairy legs and do without sex than to fall into the trap of feeling like my self worth was based on my sex appeal, which I was VERY inclined toward.<br /><br />zigzagbuddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550899424907175116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-50723476904357104832014-07-05T08:46:07.172-04:002014-07-05T08:46:07.172-04:00Fantastic! A great read. - KentFantastic! A great read. - KentPoojihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453352384152640158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-51801532283181536032014-03-29T15:35:15.753-04:002014-03-29T15:35:15.753-04:00Great article!Great article!Elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07333684106248882467noreply@blogger.com