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Post by satellite on Aug 2, 2011 18:03:46 GMT -4
Weird. I figured Slaughterhouse-Five is part of the literary canon by now.
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Post by carrier76 on Aug 5, 2011 0:09:48 GMT -4
As a Missouri resident, this embarrasses me.
I have to wonder if all of the VC Andrews books are on their library shelves, as was the case when I was in high school. Because those books are so much better.
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Post by angelaudie on Oct 2, 2012 12:15:23 GMT -4
Bumping because it's Banned Book Week! The AlA's most frequently challenged/banned books for 2011 are:
1. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
2. The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
3. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
4. My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
6. Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
7. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
8. What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
9. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive language; racism
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Post by forever1267 on Oct 3, 2012 20:37:39 GMT -4
But... but... the whole point of TKAM is racism. That's the poooiiiiinnnnnttt!!!! I.... It.... They.... /slams head on desk
I'm sorry, but that book is my all-time favorite book, and should be read by everyone. The lesson that "you never really know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes" is something the world could really, really, really, really, really, really remember.
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Post by kateln on Oct 6, 2012 18:54:33 GMT -4
I'm sorry, they banned "To Kill a Mockingbird"? What the fuck? Ugh.
That book is my security blanket.
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Post by Smilla on Oct 6, 2012 19:05:30 GMT -4
Well that's...just great. I'm disappointed to see an educational book about pregnancy on that list, too. Why are book banners so. dang. stupid. ?
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Post by kateln on Oct 6, 2012 19:32:14 GMT -4
Well that's...just great. I'm disappointed to see an educational book about pregnancy on that list, too. What are book banners so. dang. stupid. ? Because they don't normally bother to READ. Not only the books they ban, but any others. |
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Post by SweetOblivion on Apr 30, 2013 12:14:25 GMT -4
Michigan mom tries to get "pornographic" Diary of Anne Frank banned. |
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Post by chonies on Apr 30, 2013 13:57:49 GMT -4
Argh. I really don't know what to say. I do suspect that if the teacher had told the parents in advance with justification about this version, then there probably wouldn't be a problem, but maybe not. I also think discomfort is an incredibly important part of education; I read in the comments that another teacher at the school assigned The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which led to a spate of pearl clutching.
It makes me incredibly sad that a clinical description of genitals and their correctly attributed functions is considered scandalous.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2013 21:59:44 GMT -4
This woman is a total moron. Get a clue.
Or what chonies said.
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