Baby Be-bop | Social Sensitivity
Block's honest and sometimes graphic treatment of homosexuality, AIDS, child abuse, and skinhead culture has made her works controversial; on the flip side this openness in presenting characters who defy social norms makes the books groundbreaking. Readers' reactions are rarely neutral. In Weetzie Bat, the leading character sleeps with two gay men when she wants a baby. In The Hanged Man, a young man deals with sexual abuse, which is sometimes graphically described. In Baby Be-Bop, Dirk has fantasies about naked fathers and homosexual relationships. Block tackles...
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