In the freshman season of her TBS talk show Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Daily Show alum Samantha Bee accomplished something that few other hosts and executive producers of nighttime talk shows have been able to do.
Setting aside the fact that she&apos;s carried the responsibility of being the only woman in late night, Bee combined an in-your-face comedic sensibility with biting political satire in a way that no other show — especially a Jon Stewart-less Daily Show — has been able to muster. And yet, she was still snubbed for a nomination for outstanding variety talk series at the 2016 Emmys — an award John Oliver&apos;s Last Week Tonight won.
With Donald Trump and his Islamophobia dominating the media cycle, few have been able to plumb the nation&apos;s problem with hatred against Muslims with as much sensitivity as Bee, who exposed the idiocy of Islamophobia with the same casual wit that some comedians use to get coffee.
For many on the right, Scalia&apos;s death was a blow to keeping the Constitution alive on the Supreme Court. For everyone else who was hoping to keep marriage equality and a woman&apos;s right to choose what to do with her body on the books, Bee offered an alternate take on Scalia&apos;s death: a humorous eulogy that wasn&apos;t afraid to call bullshit on Republicans who were politicizing Scalia&apos;s death and trying to block any of President Barack Obama&apos;s nominations to the Supreme Court. No carpool karaoke has matched that impact.
Most late night television shows rely on cheap jokes and light talk — just look at how Jimmy Fallon soft-balled his interview with Trump and tousled his hair. But Bee didn&apos;t shy away from giving her viewers a history lesson: She gave a fully researched and hilarious review of the pro-life movement.
If you watch any of Bee&apos;s segments, and you&apos;ll see something sorely missing from television — a person advancing the idea that women are people who are worthy of getting recognized for their accomplishments. There&apos;s no denying: Her comedy is unabashedly feminist. No other segment highlights her willingness to stand up for women rather than demean them than her segment on putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.
Of the current $20 bill&apos;s face, Andrew Jackson, she said, "He was not a Founding Father. He was a genocidal prick who forced the relocation of nonwhites and fomented populist rebellion — kind of like a Trump with better hair."
Bee didn&apos;t just get coffee or sing karaoke. She actually helped unclog a rape kit backlog in Georgia with a segment that aired in March. Watch out Olivia Benson, Bee may just be the biggest feminist hero on television.
Hoping to connect the dots for those watching at home, Bee delivered a great monologue about what something as far away as the Brexit meant for U.S. politics. But she wasn&apos;t talking down to her audience or enlightening them. She was engaging them in a conversation. She knows that we have the facts all along — we just need a little late night guidance.
Jackson County softball player Peyton Sorrells threw 14 innings Thursday and picked up two wins as the Panthers won the Region 8-AAA title for the second time in three years. Way to go, Peyton!
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I’m sorry. Please forgive me just this once, because my new book launches in less than a week and I’m terribly excited. To celebrate, I’m giving away the very ARC we used to make final corrections. I’ll draw a winner next Monday. To enter, just leave a comment. But first, let me tell you what the book is about. I won’t just give you the blurb; I’m going to review it like I review every other book on my blog. And if I hadn’t told you, you might not have know the difference!
Beneath the Slashings is the final book in Ms. Isenhoff’s Divided Decade Trilogy (this is so wierd!), which views the American Civil War from three different angles. But because they’re only loosely related, each book can be read independently. For more on the series, click here.
The story begins with 12-year-old Grace Nickerson celebrating the end of the war. After four long years, Pa’s finally coming home! Grace is eager to move back to the family farm (from her aunt and uncle’s house) and resume a normal life. But then Pa’s letter comes in the mail–he’s sold the farm and taken a job in a lumber camp, and Grace and her twin brother, Sam, are to go with him.
Grace is devastated. She’s never been brave. “She wasn’t one to swing out over the creek on a hot summer day and drop blindly into a pool.” And her fear quickly turns to anger. When her tears and tantrums don’t change Pa’s mind, she stops speaking to him altogether.
In camp, Grace spends long hours working with Sam and Ivan, the surly Russian cook, but at least in the kitchen she’s safe from the lumberjacks. She’s seen them from the window. They’re rough, unkept, and terrifying. But slowly, with Sam’s help, she comes to understand they’re all missing home and recovering from loss, just like she is. Her fear begins to evaporate–until she learns one of them is trying to kill Pa.
This is more than a suspenseful adventure, it’s a little slice of history wrapped up in entertainment. Many returning Civil War vets really did look to the lumber camps for a fresh start. The setting is authentic and well-researched, and the colorful language of the logging camps is employed. The author even touches on the challenges that arose from so many new black freemen and the tragedy of diminishing Native American cultures. The years after the war were a time of uncertainty, rebuilding, and learning to live with changes. Isenhoff, with her distinctive prose, captures them beautifully. But mostly, this is a story of family and forgiveness.
Posted in Ages 10-12, All Abuzz - My Book NewsTagged American Civil War, books for the classroom, children's historical fiction, children's literature, Michigan in the Civil War, middle grade historical fiction, tween historical fiction	
Your book sounds great, and I really enjoy reading about the Civil War. I’m sure you will have great success with it. What did you do to research this?
I actually have a blog post coming up about that during my tour in August. My kids and I visited one of the last few acres of virgin forest in Michigan and a recreated lumber camp, where we got to crawl into the little hay tick bunks and such. And for about five months I poured through lots and lots of accounts, pictures, etc.
Can’t wait to read “Beneath the Slashings.” You aren’t shameful, you just teased us! The first two novels were excellent! I like that they are stand-alone books, yet part of a trilogy about three different periods of the Cival War, especially from a different viewpoint of the north. Glad you are so excited!
Thank you, Patricia. You read so many books, I’m thrilled you liked the first ones. And you obviously “get” the point of the series.
Good for you for your shamelessness! I like that they are stand alone, and I’d love to win an ARC! I’m so intrigued!!
Thanks, Barbara. If you’re intrigued, I guess my shamelessness did it’s job. 🙂 I’m still always a little uncomfortable to promote my own work.
I want the ARC! Sounds like a terrific read. And if you don’t believe in your book enough to promote it, who will? Good for you.
Since I have already read Beneath the Slashing on my Kindle- I wasn’t going to enter. But then I realized I could add the ARC to my classroom library for my 5th grade students. 🙂 I thought the review was excellent and very accurate. My review will be up on Fairday’s Blog next Wednesday. I was worried when I first started the book that I would be at a loss because I hadn’t read the other books in the series- but this was not the case. A wonderful HF book for middle grade students and older.
Fifth and sixth grade are my favorite ages to teach, too. No wonder I started writing MG. 🙂 Being that you’re also a teacher, I’m extra eager to read your full review!
HA HA HA!! “Highly recommended” Hmmmm… I wonder why…. 😉 I like your review! THe book launch is very exciting! I will now shameLESSly tell you about my blog! Hop over to thiskidreviewsbooks.com on August 2 to read my review of Mrs. Isenhoff’s Beneath the Slashings!!! 😉
A great review! Your book sounds super. I would love to win a copy. Bets of luck with it. Shameless sef promotion is Ok in my books.