Guardian
•69% Informative
A friend and her 10-year-old daughter were watching The Baby-Sitters Club , the short-lived Netflix adaptation of Ann M Martin’s books.
Here I am, a man in my 40s who has for no discernible reason delved deep into a literature that was supposed to be the preserve of girls.
For decades now I’ve outsourced my reading choices to an Excel spreadsheet and its random number function.
He may never want to read about Karen Brewer ’s adventures in Stoneybrook , Connecticut . But hopefully, having eventually overcome the taboo that precluded me from reading about them as a child, I can help him as he develops his own identity one that hopefully features a rich emotional life and respectful relationships. And maybe even some girl-lit. - Russell Marks is a criminal defence lawyer and the author of Black Lives , White Law: Locked Up and Locked Out in Australia ( La Trobe University Press , 2022 ).
VR Score
68
Informative language
64
Neutral language
30
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
43
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
long-living
External references
2
Source diversity
1
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