<p><strong>This week, we read </strong><em><strong>Ruby Redfort, Look Into My Eyes </strong></em><strong>by Lauren Child. We discuss what it takes to write a book-within-a-book, Lauren Child’s Clarice Bean problem, Ruby’s unnecessary sassiness, and how suspicious it is that a supposedly-good non-governmental spy agency needs help from a child.</strong></p> <p><strong>Content Warnings:</strong> Cultural appropriation, museum ethics, societal ignorance, discussion of criminal justice systems, teenagers in danger, kidnapping, and murder.</p> <p><strong>Our Links</strong></p> <p>Website: <a href="https://werethekidsalright.wixsite.com/podcast"><u>https://werethekidsalright.wixsite.com/podcast</u></a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/wtka_podcast"><u>@wtka_podcast</u></a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/wtka_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link"><u>wtka_podcast</u></a></p> <p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wtka_podcast?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowQEf8URu6udBqw%2BJsaf1GQLZbpZdsYwqdu1bqefgJ5hu942SnfmekKh3B1nhkDU%2BzGgA%3D&amp;checksum=bf4e57f19cd0bcd66c967b19d24d9143d4c201a562d8b7d228492987484d9aaf&amp;language=en&amp;sec_uid=MS4wLjABAAAAniu1DwnspJU3jsGvICzG0K6oSDv30upy2YDFmJ5BQGDWntIigHwXphz4fNfD5cl0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAniu1DwnspJU3jsGvICzG0K6oSDv30upy2YDFmJ5BQGDWntIigHwXphz4fNfD5cl0&amp;share_app_id=1233&amp;share_author_id=6980882632146437126&amp;share_link_id=CD63EBD0-F39D-4C1D-A672-824AAACFA109&amp;tt_from=copy&amp;u_code=djcea4ee050601&amp;user_id=6980882632146437126&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;source=h5_m&amp;_r=1"><u>wtka_podcast</u></a></p> <p><strong>Music</strong></p> <p>Intro: I Wear Headphones by Silent Partner</p> <p>Outro: Good Vibes by MBB</p> <p><strong>More About Khotan</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khotan-i-pre-islamic-history"><u>https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khotan-i-pre-islamic-history</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/khotan-xingjiang-uygur-autonomous-region-171478"><u>https://www.thoughtco.com/khotan-xingjiang-uygur-autonomous-region-171478</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/archive/2017/eighth-century-khotan"><u>https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/archive/2017/eighth-century-khotan</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Khotan"><u>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Khotan</u></a></p>