Gee, I Sure Hope The Anti-Trans, Anti-Gay GQPers Don't Read L. Frank Baum's Oz Books!

[hatrack]

Did you know? The protagonist of The Marvelous Land Of Oz, the orphan boy Tip, is under an enchantment. At the end of the book, he is freed from the curse, and . . . . OH MY PAWS AND WHISKERS!!!!

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Tip and his friends escape and journey to the palace of Glinda the Good Witch in Oz's southern quadrant, the Quadling Country. They learn from Glinda that after the fall of Oz's mortal king Pastoria decades ago, a long lost princess named Ozma was hidden away in secrecy when the Wizard of Oz took the throne. She also informs them that Ozma is the rightful ruler of the Emerald City and all of Oz in general, not the Scarecrow (who did not really want the job anyway). Glinda therefore accompanies Tip, Jack, the Sawhorse, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Wogglebug, and the Gump back to the Emerald City to see Mombi. The crooked woman tries to deceive them by disguising a chambermaid named Jellia Jamb as herself (which fails), but manages to elude them as they search for her in the Emerald City. Just as their time runs out, the Tin Woodman plucks a rose to wear in his lapel, unaware that this is the transformed Mombi.

Glinda discovers the deception right away and leads the pursuit of Mombi, who is finally caught as she tries to cross the Deadly Desert in the form of a fast and long-running griffin. Under pressure from Glinda, Mombi confesses that the Wizard brought her the infant Ozma, whom she transformed into ... the boy Tip. At first, Tip is utterly shocked and appalled to learn this, but Glinda and his friends help him to accept his duty, and Mombi performs her last spell to undo the curse, turning him back into the fairy princess Ozma.

The restored Ozma is established on the throne after defeating Jinjur and her army. The Tin Woodman invites the Scarecrow to return with him to the Winkie Country along with Jack Pumpkinhead. The Gump is disassembled at his request (though his head was a hunting trophy that can still speak), Glinda returns to her palace in Quadling Country, the Wogglebug remains as Ozma's advisor, and the Sawhorse becomes Ozma's personal steed. The forgotten prophecy is finally fulfilled and Oz is politically whole once more, with Ozma in her rightful position as the child Queen of Oz.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvelous_Land_of_Oz

A boy doesn't just TURN INTO A GIRL, HE TURNS INTO A QUEEN!!!! AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And to think that this hideous assault on the children of 'Murca was published in 1904!

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. They don't read any books.

So the whole thing is lost on them.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. The right is actively threatening and assaulting real live people right now, so I don't think this

book is really at the top of their priority list at this time.

[Hekate]

3. Very well spotted, hatrack. I used to love the many Oz books, but that was long ago

Nice reminder!

[Cairycat]

4. Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider

talked about her tattoo of Ozma once during the portion of the game where the host talks to contestants. She related the story very charmingly, and host Ken Jennings was supportive and let it be a very positive moment.

edited to add: non-Jeopardy fans might not know that Amy Schneider is a transwoman - and an incredible Jeopardy player as well.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

9. Ken's a fellow progressive

Co-endorsed Bernie and Elizabeth Warren in 2020, then switched that to Biden once it was obvious he was going to be the nominee.

The Republiqans tried to call him up in 2004 when he was winning all the money on Jeopardy. They figured he's rich, he's Mormon, he's one of us. "Would you like to make a donation to support our president?" His response "I support the president but I'll support him even more when he's named John Kerry."

Needless to say, that phone call ended very quickly after that.

So, no surprise at all that his views on LGBTQ issues are also pretty progressive. During Amy's winning streak, he treated her with class and respect the whole time.

[Archae]

5. The Oz books have a lot of weird things in it.

I remember reading one, where the Tin Woodsman gets into an argument with his head, that has been sitting in a cabinet all these years.

[pnwmom]

6. I have always remembered that book, and I remember my reaction to it, at age 7.

OF COURSE any boy would like to find out he was actually a PRINCESS.

[Iggo]

7. Read?

[IngridsLittleAngel]

8. They don't read books, period

They can barely read or write a 280 character tweet. That's about the depth of their reading comprehension and attention span.