tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989868046530861811.post8588494413830734433..comments2023-10-26T06:14:39.540+11:00Comments on Sally Rippin: Sugar and Spice or Frogs and Snails? What Are Little Boys Made Of?Sally Rippinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17925937323236380791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989868046530861811.post-51051653949663728432011-05-23T11:56:17.002+10:002011-05-23T11:56:17.002+10:00Apparently this was a conscious decision by JK. As...Apparently this was a conscious decision by JK. As was the decision to go by her initials rather than Joanne Rowling. <br />Wiki quote: "Fearing that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother."<br />Sigh...Sally Rippinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925937323236380791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989868046530861811.post-76688710789814409752011-05-23T11:44:32.109+10:002011-05-23T11:44:32.109+10:00Your poor little boy! In Steiner schools they'...Your poor little boy! In Steiner schools they're not even given black pencils until later (can't remember what year). But that's prescriptive too isn't it? Gender balance/inequality is too huge for my little brain on Monday morning. But you did make me think, sally, what if JK had written 'Hermione Granger and the Philosopher's Stone'. Would we have even heard about the book on these distant shores? Would it have even been published??? jxxjen storerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281209321875812034noreply@blogger.com