Comments on: Pinkwater's Bushman Lives: absurdist misfit story is an insightful treatise on art http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/pinkwaters-bushman-lives.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 01:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Simon Champion http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/pinkwaters-bushman-lives.html#comment-1552544 Simon Champion Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159610#comment-1552544 Not a comment on Pinkwater but a comment on the term "Young Adult" I see on here all the time. By the age of 13 I had already read (and understood and enjoyed) Animal Farm, Lord of the Rings, Paradise Lost, the bible, plus heaps of 'adult' genre fiction and I don't think of myself as being particularly exceptional. To me the label 'young adult' seems patronising to young people and alienating to older people, and is therefore a marketing failure. What exactly is a 'young adult'? OK, maybe not exactly 'enjoyed' Paradise Lost or the bible but you get my point Not a comment on Pinkwater but a comment on the term “Young Adult” I see on here all the time. By the age of 13 I had already read (and understood and enjoyed) Animal Farm, Lord of the Rings, Paradise Lost, the bible, plus heaps of ‘adult’ genre fiction and I don’t think of myself as being particularly exceptional. To me the label ‘young adult’ seems patronising to young people and alienating to older people, and is therefore a marketing failure. What exactly is a ‘young adult’?

OK, maybe not exactly ‘enjoyed’ Paradise Lost or the bible but you get my point

]]> By: Jose http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/pinkwaters-bushman-lives.html#comment-1552071 Jose Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159610#comment-1552071 Harold Knishke?  Oh, you mean like the song? Harold Knishke?  Oh, you mean like the song?

]]> By: Pipenta http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/pinkwaters-bushman-lives.html#comment-1552033 Pipenta Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159610#comment-1552033 Love, love, LOVE Daniel "Eat Pudding" Pinkwater!!! Love, love, LOVE Daniel “Eat Pudding” Pinkwater!!!

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