The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
"Now the feminist-ruled publishers are indoctrinating boys much earlier by purging male heroes from tween fiction."
"In my last article here, I wrote I’d be avoiding hardcore political analysis for a year to focus on trying to win the Culture War. And there’s no question the right side took a major blow in this struggle last Tuesday. Given their electoral victory, the forces of wokeness — repelled by the failure of recent cinematic assaults such as Digger (climate change), The Social Reckoning (January 6th), Supergirl (female empowerment) — will redouble their attacks. The latest salvo was an Atlantic piece last week, “An Underrated Reason Boys are Reading Less,” purporting to explain the steep drop in young male readership, naturally from a feminist perspective.
"Article author Sophia Nguyen at least gets the problem right. She cites a 2026 analysis by elementary-school book guide curator Afoma Umesi that found female protagonists outnumber male protagonists two to one in middle-grade (ages 8-12) fiction, and three to one in realistic (non-fantasy) and mystery fiction. But Nguyen unwittingly exposes the real problem, feminism — her own, Umesi’s, and that of every woman in control of the culture.
"According to Nguyen, Umesi first kept hearing from concerned parents about the dearth of books intended for boys in her literary guides. “Her initial response was annoyance,” wrote Nguyen. “’What do you think this is, the 15th Century?’ Umesi remembers thinking.”
"Clearly, Nguyen didn’t think before making such a revelatory, ah, revelation about Umesi and herself. Her initial response was annoyance. Judge this statement in context. A woman in charge of increasing readership among elementary-school students balked at a damaging discrepancy, one intentionally created by feminism." . . .
Books, Boys, and Heroes - Intellectual Takeout "My previous article, “Stories About Real Heroes Can Help Make Heroic Boys,” drew readers’ attention to the good that comes through exposing boys to literature and history featuring flesh-and-blood heroes. Superheroes have a place in the imagination of the young, but sooner or later, boys realize that the only superpowers in real life are those derived from the human heart and soul." More.
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