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Magpie Memories

Seduction of the Innocent

No, Let’s Look at Personalities

July 29, 2016

In which Wertham attacks Superman in a way that just gets under my skin.

Seduction of the Innocent

Complaining Out of Turn

July 22, 2016

In which Wertham claims he's letting the defense speak.

Seduction of the Innocent

Missing Just a Few Details

July 15, 2016

In which you can't help feeling sorry for Wertham's wife.

Seduction of the Innocent

So Very Freudian

July 8, 2016

In which Wertham gets a trigger warning.

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