So, by law in Hungary books with any #LGBTQ content have to be sold with the warning "Non-traditional content!"
On top of being sinister, his system is also:
1. Ironically useful, because Hungarian bookshops didn't have queer sections before, so the label actually makes queer content a lot easier to find
2. Low key surreal when the label is put on folktales, Greek mythology, or biographies like Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls...
3. Useless and dumb
@TarkabarkaHolgy I assume the Bible too.
I love the idea of accidentally starting a cult following for "non traditional content". Maybe a TV series of the same name. A jazz band. Definitely a Mastodon server as well :)
@ewen both my mythology book and one of my folktale collections got hit with it. Ironically the folktale book is titled "Traditional folktales about non-traditional families"
I hope it accidentally leads to a tonne more book sales. Hard enough getting a book onto shelves on a good day without all this malarkey.
@TarkabarkaHolgy @ewen Given the title & subject, slapping a "NON-TRADITIONAL CONTENT" sticker on the book seems almost like an endorsement.
@ewen @TarkabarkaHolgy I search but I couldn't find your book. Where can I buy it?
@TarkabarkaHolgy @simon_brooke will they tag Phaedrus as "Non traditional"?
@TarkabarkaHolgy det er ikke kun USA vi skal se på med vagtsomme øjne. I vores egen baghave gror der også planter, som ikke ønsker diversitet.
@TarkabarkaHolgy Calling Greek mythology non-traditional is peak absurdity.
@TarkabarkaHolgy creating mandatory and highlighted queer sections sound awesome (lolsob)
@TarkabarkaHolgy I love it that anything "traditional" is usually like 50 to 150 years old, while all the subversive "new" stuff turns out to have been with us for millennia.
Also, "non-traditional content" sounds like a much more interesting genre...
@TarkabarkaHolgy Can't wait for these freaks to study "marriage traditions" in the Old Testament, lol!
@TarkabarkaHolgy 2. And surely the bible?
@TarkabarkaHolgy Interesting (and terrifying also).
In Sopron at Libri book store I searched this book: https://tinyurl.com/anemaistenno I've found it, without any label, maybe in the historical section. Honestly, I was satisfied. The whole greek history is an important part of the European heritage.
@styghu yeah, unless they are wrapped in plastic, the label only shows up in the online shops
@TarkabarkaHolgy Well, it wasn't, I could open it. (haha)
@aqunt @TarkabarkaHolgy was just thinking of that label, iconic to 80s/90s hip hop
@aqunt @TarkabarkaHolgy Exactly. They're accidentally providing free advertising.
@TarkabarkaHolgy following our footsteps, I see. Reminds me of this sex ed book for pre-teens we got from Russia. Note the 18+ marking. Above it the text says "an encyclopedia to be read by adults to children, recommended for ages 10+"
@TarkabarkaHolgy How do you say Streisand effect in Hungarian?
@TarkabarkaHolgy it's not ironically useful, not useless, nor dumb. It's a symptom of a form of fascism and a platform for repressions.
@jonn oh I'm aware
@TarkabarkaHolgy It's like the "Explicit" label on music, that's how you know it's the good stuff.
@TarkabarkaHolgy @roby64 @uaarpn @uaar
Che disperazione!
@TarkabarkaHolgy yet spreading hate and discrimination are even encouraged...
"I want to save the children from bad things" by doing the (yet) Most horrific things to them, is not exactly a case for good thinking.
But when was that the strong suit of facists?
@TarkabarkaHolgy ah yes, the non-traditional folktales
@TarkabarkaHolgy As dumb as that one might be, I wish more books were marked with content warnings. No way to tell from the cover how graphic the story inside is going to be.
@TarkabarkaHolgy please tell me someone is selling t-shirts with this on it?
The Hungarian version of:
@TarkabarkaHolgy Just like those “parental advisory - explicit language” stickers that got slapped on Hip Hop albums thanks to a white moral panic in the eighties. Just one “fuck” Increased sales no end.