1/2 I just read a fascinating take on Dr. Seuss's The Sneeches, which argued that the story isn't about bigotry & racism.

The writers' reasoning was that there was no way Seuss could have meant that to be message, because "machine's can't change your race!"

April 10, 2026 - 23:13 UTC

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2/2 Instead, this person believes what Seuss was actually writing about - like, his actual intention when he sat down to write the book - was about how women whore themselves by endlessly buying cosmetics to change the way they look to increase their appeal to high status men.
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Honestly asking you as the expert: do you think it is solely about race?
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Oh. I thought it was about the ridiculousness of trends that separate the haves from the have-nots.

Like when my grandpa said, “When I was a kid, having holes in your jeans meant you were poor.”
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I would love to read a million takes on The Sneetches! I've always felt that in addition to bigotry and racism it was also about class and the exploitation that is inherent in capitalism.
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