told Axios the publishing house chose to tell Wayne's story to counter the narrative that "masculinity is toxic."
Wayne was known for playing rugged cowboys during Hollywood's Golden Age of Westerns, as well as for his wartime roles and anti-communist, conservative politics. "Boys are ... really sort of conditioned to behave more like women. We wanted to give, especially boy readers, a glimpse of a positive male role model doesn't apologize for being manly and masculine."
Heroes of Liberty sells books through monthly subscriptions. It's sold tens of thousands of copies since November, Mandel said.are bowing to pressure from some conservative groups to review — then purge from public school libraries — books about LGBTQ issues or people of color or that are deemed to advance critical race theory.reports that preliminary data showed book challenges and bans surged in 2021, compared to previous years.
Mandel said she hoped her books would sit alongside others promoted by some progressives but agreed that "inappropriate" books should be removed from schools.
Slow news day, huh?
Oh FFS !
Banned at my house
In a sane society these would be parodies.
🤢🤮 They should be banned.
“Ketchup is a vegetable”
John Wayne was a conservative figure who married a Peruvian, a Mexican, and a Panamanian.
Who’s going to read it to them?
Nope. I find them uncomfortable.