6/28/19 discussion of youth sex paranoia and lemonade stand arrests

Here is the link to my June 28, 2019, Twitter thread discussion about youth sex work, the paranoia of youth sex, and the way this paranoia might have led to the wave, in 2019, of kids and parents actually having the police called on them for running lemonade stands.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is very affected, and is only somewhat coherent. My apologies.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

1/11/19 review of some of the things I'd written about Fredric Wertham

Here is the link to my January 11, 2019, Twitter thread discussion about some of the threads I'd written in the past about Fredric Wertham, particularly as they relate to laws about the age of legally recognized consent to sex.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still moderately coherent. My apologies.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

8/15/17 review of The World of Fanzines, by Fredric Wertham

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book The World of Fanzines: A Special Form of Communication, by Fredric Wertham.

The thread gives a summary of the book and some context on Wertham and why I read this book. The thread discusses how Wertham's anti-commercial viewpoints inform this book. It discusses Wertham's respect for fanzines. It discusses the positives and negatives of Wertham's research- and classification-based style. It discusses Wertham's sense of humor. And it discusses some of my disagreements with Wertham's ideas about zine makers.

8/4/17 review of book Seduction of the Innocent, by Fredric Wertham

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Seduction of the Innocent, by Fredric Wertham.

The thread gives a summary of the book, some background on the book and Wertham, and some context for why I read the book. The thread discusses some of the themes of the book. It tries to guess at personal reasons, like guilt, for Wertham exploring this topic. It discusses Wertham's and our society's fear of pop culture and high achievement. It gives some criticisms of Wertham, such as his silly views on Homeric poetry. It also examines Wertham's views on homosexuality in depth, as I don't think people really understand what he spoke about on that topic. It gives my opinions on conservative and liberal views on child psychology. And it discusses Wertham's often humorous and entertaining writing style.