From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11195 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Wednesday, April 26 2023 Volume 14 : Number 11195 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Few People Know How to Save with Free Samples ["Lowes Survey Rewards" Subject: Few People Know How to Save with Free Samples Few People Know How to Save with Free Samples http://bestdealever.today/6DiQv-c3b6KHK58jiel8pcEbIfdN9031UiG1RetWPMrhOlIBQQ http://bestdealever.today/TnFhS_QBlRq5T7RKluYg92uBkvU1PPMQvSN4JnMsniCVvM1Bjg When Megan Went Away received no coverage from major book review magazines upon its release but was reviewed in several niche publications. Lenore Gordon praised the story in the Interracial Books for Children Bulletin in 1980, writing that its strength lies "both in gentle storytelling voice and her use of detail". Carrie Dearborn wrote in Gay Community News that the book had an emotional impact on her and her friends. She described the work as "one that will help the child of a lesbian feel less alone", praising the decorations in Schook's art as "Early American Dyke". Gordon described Schook's illustrations as having "a pleasurable child-quality" to them, which she found to be tonally inconsistent with Severance's somber text. Carolyn Moskovitz described the story in the WLW Journal as "a bit downbeat". Writing in 1989, the English professor Virginia L. Wolf suggested that the romantic nature of the relationship between Shannon's mother and Megan might not be recognized by child readers, but that some adult readers would likely understand the story's lesbian context. In 2022, the English scholar Jennifer Miller described the work as resistant to normative readings that might be belied by its simple cover art of a mother soothing her daughter, the text "showing an emotionally complex mother-child relationship that includes various instances in which the child attempts to nurture the mother". While praising its attempts to depict an anti-sexist family, Gordon criticized When Megan Went Away for presenting "an uncommonly liberated lesbian lifestyle", which she viewed as minimizing the relevance of the book to a wider array of readers. Although the depiction of a same-sex parented household satisfied some readers, others were concerned that the first story published about the topic revolved around a broken relationship. According to the early childhood education scholar DannC) E. Davis, the timing of the book's publication received criticism from some contemporary lesbians and feminists, who viewed the separation narrative of When Megan Went Away as detrimental to public perception of lesbian households at a time when lesbian motherhood was beginning to increase. When writing the story, Severance was intent on depicting shared concerns like parental separation among lesbian and nonlesbian familie ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11195 ***********************************************