If a Dr. Seuss book offends us, why not pluck it out?
A copy of the book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," by Dr. Seuss, rests in a chair, March 1, 2021, in Walpole, Massachusetts. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves and protects the author and illustrator's legacy, announced on his birthday, March 2, 2021, that it would cease publication of several children's titles, including "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "If I Ran the Zoo," because of insensitive and racist imagery. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
(RNS) — 'Canceling' problematic media properties provides us with a way to talk about the complicated nature of desire.
