Henry Jenkins
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I recently recovered some
I recently recovered some favorite childhood toys via the magic that is eBay. The toys in question were Soakies. In the early to mid 1960s (I show my age here), Soakies was a brand of bubble bath which came in plastic containers designed to look like popu ... -
I'm not sure I have much to
I'm not sure I have much to say in response to Will's question about America's Army, though it's an interesting one. Nothing I've read about America's Army makes any direct links back to G.I. Joe but it could not have been fa ... -
Derek's last comment here
Derek's last comment here may touch on an important distinction between post-war childrearing discourse and the current moment. Spock's book remained on the best seller list more or less throughout the 1950s and 1960s-- the book that most if not ... -
To me, the most interesting
To me, the most interesting phrase in this piece hasn't been commented on yet-- the opening suggestion that if fantasy is not correctly managed, children will be "forever stuck in fantasyland." And note that the piece ends with the advice o ... -
Reading through this
Reading through this discussion, I am reminded of the progression which occurs in the Toy Story film franchise. In the first film, the most dreaded character is the boy and girl next door who abuse their toys. While some of what they do is genuinely abusi ...