Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society

by Tipper Gore

In this expose of the seamier side of rock music, videos, movies, and advertisements, the co-founder of the Parents Music Resource Center presents guidance to parents who are outraged by sexually explicit and brutally violent media messages

Genres: Parenting, Music, Family, Nonfiction

219 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1987

About the author

Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson Gore, known as Tipper Gore, is the wife of former Vice President Al Gore and was the "Second Lady of the United States" from 1993 until 2001.

In 1985, she co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) with Susan Baker, wife of then United States Secretary of the Treasury James Baker, because Tipper heard her then 11-year-old daughter playing "Darling Nikki" by Prince. According to an article by NPR, Gore went "before Congress to urge warning labels for records marketed to children." A number of individuals including Dee Snider of Twisted Sister[, John Denver, Joey Ramone and Frank Zappa criticized the group, claiming that this was a form of censorship. Gore argued against the censorship claim by stating that "I'm a strong believer in the First Amendment."

Gore resigned from the group in 1992 when she became Second Lady. As Second Lady, Gore was one of 150 photographers for 24 Hours in Cyberspace which took place online on 8 February 1996. It was "the largest one-day online event" up to that date, headed by photographer Rick Smolan.

Mrs. Gore was actively involved in her husband's presidential campaign in 2000, making numerous campaign stops nationwide such as at Chicago's Taste of Polonia over Labor Day Weekend where she appeared along with Hadassah Lieberman and ironically Dick Cheney.

In 2003, Gore spoke at the "Erasing the Stigma Awards" about her experience with depression after her son, Al Gore III was hit by a car when he was a young child.

Reviews

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fucking HILARIOUS! It is so bad, it's good. Not only does Tipper get tons of facts WRONG, she attributes the wrong lyrics to the wrong bands! I love it! It also shows how democrats' ideology can be as bad as the GOP's! The PMRC sucked then & it sure as hell sucks now! But don't take my word for it, read this & laugh at the 1980s--it was a hell of a time!

[Christopher · Rating 1 out of 5]

Amazing how a certain sub-set of people in my generation BECAME Tipper Gore with cancel culture and the woke version of moral hysteria.

I got reminded about the existence of this by the new chapo bonus episode:

https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-hou...

[Peacegal]

I’ve long worked in libraries, and I’m a fast reader. The result? I sometimes read especially dumb books purely for their entertainment value. This is one such book.

I can’t really rate the book on its quality to someone who agrees with such things, but if you want some laughs, make sure to pick up this one along with The Legacy of John Lennon: Charming or Harming a Generation?

[Nick Black · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ick, my mother made me read this after destroying a bunch of cassette tapes. A bunch of garbage, as one might expect. I'm too ideologically opposed to Mrs. Gore's positions to really meaningfully review this, sorry.

[Ken Lange · Rating 1 out of 5]

Trash. Read it to see what kind of idiot believes in censorship.

[Carrie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this years ago, but I'd forgotten about it until now. Nothing but trash and I would not recommend this to anyone at all.

[Dawn Wells · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst books I ever read.

[nik snell · Rating 5 out of 5]

censorship is hilarious!

[Bree · Rating 1 out of 5]

Notes:
foul, ,and probably does more harm than good

[Karin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I decided to read this book after hearing about it on my favorite podcast ("You're Wrong About" episode Tipper Gore vs Heavy Metal part 1 & 2). This book is the epitome of a moral panic about music. Obviously this book is over 20 years old now and things have changed since then. Even still, this book is poorly written/researched. Several times throughout the book she references studies with no citation given. Several Dr's are quoted without giving their qualifications to give an opinion on said topic. And finally, "correlation doesn't imply causation". So many times Tipper Gore makes that assumption (e.g. she states people went to a Judas Priest concert and after the concert one person was hit and killed by a car at a nearby intersection and several more people got into a serious car crash). This book is a must read if you would like an example of how NOT to write a well researched book. I've read fiction books that are better researched than this one.

[ꪶꪖꪜ · Rating 2 out of 5]

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