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Magpie Memories

Seduction of the Innocent

Children and Crime

July 1, 2016

In which Wertham is certain it's just those darn comic books that creates sociopaths.

Seduction of the Innocent

Dyslexia Is Also a Thing

June 24, 2016

In which Wertham fails to understand how literacy issues work

Intrusive Thoughts

Losing Syndication

June 22, 2016

What we miss when syndication becomes infomercials.

Seduction of the Innocent

A Little Right and a Lot Wrong

June 17, 2016

In which Wertham correctly diagnoses a few issues while simultaneously misunderstanding where literally all of them come from

Seduction of the Innocent

Even I Know More About Child Psychology

June 10, 2016

In which Wertham is horribly Freudian and can't understand what was different between kids growing up in different decades

Seduction of the Innocent

So Irony Is a Thing

June 3, 2016

In which Wertham fails to understand crime comics, modern scientists, the state of children's worlds, and a whole lot of other things

Seduction of the Innocent

A Stray Bullet

May 27, 2016

In which Wertham almost certainly ignores a miscarriage of justice

Seduction of the Innocent

The Comics Scare and the Red Scare

May 20, 2016

An overview of one of the most notorious books of the twentieth century

In Memoriam

Because It’ll Hurt More: Alan Rickman, 1946-2016

January 14, 2016

The best in the business at playing interesting characters.

In Memoriam

We Were Ziggy’s Band: David Bowie, 1947-2016

January 11, 2016

Not every moment of his life was a good one, but oh, he will be missed.