Brookline Booksmith is my favorite bookstore in th...

Brookline Booksmith is my favorite bookstore in the Boston area. My only objection is they read stories on transgender persons to children at children's hour during a 'trans week.' They said it helps promote empathy (if that's the case, you could accomplish the same thing with a disability week). It's such a complicated issue, that I doubt this is useful for children at this level and seems to me more of a projection of cultural priorities onto the children. In addition, some of the literature by female authors promoted by the bookstore seem to be driven by rage rather than character development. In general, I don't see much value in any literature where the entire point of the book is to bring you into the perspective of being trans, female, or etc. That is not yet a book. To simply be a piece or rage or an alternative perspective is not enough to qualify as aesthetic, or a piece of literature. So, that's one promotional trend I don't like.