I Think I Just Succeeded In Explaining Ideology To My Seven Year Old

I’m Actually Pretty Sure He Got It

Photo by Magda Ehlers

This morning, over breakfast, my son asked me if zombies are real. I answered him with a “no, but…” then realized I needed to provide some background. I pulled my copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein off the shelf — unread*, I’m ashamed to admit — and told him that two hundred and four years…