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Hilarious and Irreverent
Hilarious and irreverent, but a wholly accurate representation of how our present society has gone off the rails. From cancel culture to critical race theory, the searing satire unveils the stark reality of DEI with the same effectiveness as did Toto when peeling back the Wizard's curtain in Emerald City.
Hilarious take on Modern Issues
A truly hilarious take on modern issues, The Wonderful Wizard of Wokeland takes you on a comical journey through the twisted, outrageous landscape of 21st century politics. An absolute must-read for all.
Satire with Brains and Bite
If Orwell and South Park had a literary lovechild, this would be it. The Wonderful Wizard of Wokeland is biting, hilarious, and uncomfortably accurate. It skewers modern ideological extremes without ever losing its narrative punch. Equal parts social commentary and absurdist theater—don't read it in public unless you're ready to laugh out loud.
The Wonderful Wizard of Wokeland
A DEI twist on a classic story
With feverish optimism Arin Frumm (they/them/their), the new Vision Civics teacher, guides the students of the Academy of Social Justice and Equity to live their authentic truth by embracing the sanctified tenets of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. But their commitment to the cause is questioned by the school’s activist assistant principal whose fanatical devotion to the credo of Anti-racism compels them to doubt the extent of their own dedication. As a monstrous storm batters the building, Arin is transported to the fantastical world of Wokeland—a magical realm where the marginalized, the oppressed, the colonized, the underrepresented, the aggrieved, the neurodivergent, and the entire nonbinary spectrum from cupiosexuals to demiromantics can harmoniously exist without the toxicity of systemic racism, palie supremacy, implicit bias, transphobia, heterocentrism, patriarchal tyranny, and existential climate change. But authentic truth is only as credible as its defenders claim, and with two competing philosophies of social justice and equity—that of the Wicked Witch of Western Wokeness and the Great and Powerful Wizard—a pitched battle ensues as each combatant recognizes the Civics teacher’s pivotal role in the quest for power and authority, which will ultimately determine not only the fate of Wokeland for all sperm producers and uterus holders, but also the very core of Arin’s soul.
A Word from the Author
Lonn Rosenthal
An existential battle for the ages now consumes all arenas of civilization—political, cultural, and economic—but none with more urgency and consequence than that of education, the epicenter of an international struggle for the continuity of humanity. As presaged by Karl Marx: “The education of the children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother’s care, shall be in state institutions.” Mx. Arin Frumm, a first-year gender-fluid nonbinary Vision Civics teacher (they/them/their), pursues the noble mission to celebrate the tenets of the Holy Trinity of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by battling those who doubt the merits of DEI and its alleged struggle to overcome the toxicity inflicted on marginalized and oppressed communities. Wokeland—an enchanted domain that initially appears to celebrate the attributes of DEI (what could be bad about a journey over the Rainbow Brick Road toward Equity City)—ultimately reveals an extremist DEI run amok. The Wonderful Wizard of Wokeland, a work of political and social satire, is a tale in which The Wizard of Oz meets Orwell's 1984 as it explores the meaning of truth and the perils of discordant ideologies that pit education against indoctrination, with the minds and souls of our children targeted in the crosshairs. One need not look any further than the disturbing pall that has settled over the nation’s college campuses and within our K-12 classrooms. As a former teacher in the nation’s largest school system, I have witnessed firsthand the transformation of education, which functions as a microcosm of our society. This work serves to illuminate that condition as most of the narrative and dialogue were inspired by actual news headlines and stories, academic journals and studies, and government policies and programs. To quote Voltaire: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”