Ms. Rachel might have finally crossed a line that many parents aren’t going to take well.
If you have a young child or grandchild you’ve probably heard about the children’s YouTube sensation Ms. Rachel. Her videos are geared toward the very young, teaching them how to speak, entertaining them with songs, and other skills.
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Run by Rachel Accurso, her husband Aaron, and several other friends, the YouTube channel has seen massive success, becoming a mainstream sensation among the parenting and school communities. For the most part, the channel is an admittedly good resource for children and parents, but Accurso’s socio-political positions have landed her in hot water before. For instance, her inclusion of Jules Hoffman, a woman who uses “They/Them” pronouns, was a step too far for some parents who made it clear that they wouldn’t be subjecting their child to that kind of mentality.
As I wrote in an open letter to Accurso at the time, I had nothing personal against Jules for her decisions. She was free to make them and Accurso was free to put her in her videos, but my child wouldn’t be watching these videos.
(READ: A Non-Hostile Open Letter to YouTube Children’s Edutainer ‘Ms. Rachel’ on the Heat She’s Getting)
However, Ms. Rachel was apparently willing to go further.
As it’s now surfacing, Accurso invited Dylan Mulvaney to appear on her YouTube channel back in February.
Yes, that Dylan Mulvaney. The grown man who made his fame on pretending to be going through girlhood on TikTok, was shoved in America’s face over and over again by various corporations, and wound up costing Bud Light billions of dollars, after America had had enough of it and wanted to make a statement with a massive boycott that still has the company wounded to this day.
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The Dylan Mulvaney that liked to appear with transgender activist Jeffrey Marsh, who issued a not-so subtle threat to parents that he and his kind will be respected. A threat that was backed up when his fans went after a Muslim woman and her children, after she argued his points and exposed his behavior towards children on TikTok.
Not that Mulvaney is any better. He, too, issued a warning to women about being nice to him.
Mulvaney’s star has since fallen, since brands now find him toxic after the Bud Light debacle. He was set to go on a speaking tour, charging $40,000 an engagement but his stop at Penn State only attracted maybe 100 people.
Regardless of his level of fame, he has no business speaking to children about anything, especially given his proximity to Marsh. What educational value he would give Accurso in her videos would be nil, which means she would only be having Mulvaney on as a way to make a statement.
Making a statement through children’s spaces is exactly what is rubbing parents the wrong way as of late, and it’s why organizations like “Moms for Liberty” have popped up recently. I can’t imagine Accurso is blind to what Mulvaney’s presence in one of her videos would do. This would set off a firestorm of controversy with parents taking sides against her, complete with accusations and suspicions that Accurso is attempting to normalize Mulvaney’s preferences to children.
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Accurso may very well care about children like she says she does, but she clearly has a preference for LGBT issues in her political mind and that has, on several occasions, surfaced in both her videos and her social media feeds.
For instance, Accurso is open about celebrating Pride Month and making children who have LGBT families but nothing about veterans or the children of veterans that I can find.
All in all, this points to a woman who clearly has a socio-political bias and that bias leads her to introduce concepts and people to children who have no business being around children.