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Groomer Schools 4: Drag Queen Story Hour

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The Paradox of Queer Sideways Growth

Catherine Bond Stockton suggests a metaphor of queer sideways growth that is possible for all children, regardless of gender or sexuality. This framework, which counters dominant thinking about childhood development, is not directed toward a predetermined end point of growing up. It functions as an irregularized broadening of children's own interest abilities and eccentricities on their own terms. Why would you want them to grow up? You want them to remain moldable, groomable children for their whole life.

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