omg what?

[lauralh]

Glancing at the Banned Books list, Reg and I have become confused.

velvet: I mean, i can understand The New Joy of Gay Sex
velvet: but To Kill a Mockingbird?
herbaliser: this is my question:
herbaliser: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
velvet: yeah.
herbaliser: THE HELL?
herbaliser: or
herbaliser: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
velvet: heh, american psycho.,
herbaliser: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
velvet: why the fuck is judy blume all over the place?
velvet: do people just not want their children reading?
herbaliser: b/c she talks about sex and masturbation and periods
velvet: UNNATURAL
herbaliser: now this
herbaliser: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
herbaliser: they don't even say it in that book more than twice
herbaliser: Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
herbaliser: Wtf.
velvet: HAHAHAHAHA
herbaliser: How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
herbaliser: it was written in the FIFTIES
herbaliser: you may as well ban The Mouse and the Motorcycle
velvet: little black sambo? WTF?@!?!?!
velvet: btw, the mouse and the motorcycle rulz.

Comments

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

To Kill a Mockingbird talks about things like rape. People had more objection to the issues of incest and rape than they did of the rampant racisim and treatment of black people.

A Wrinkle in Time is considered antiauthoritarian and anything with a fantasy theme is considered the work of the devil by evangelical religious groups.

Little Black Sambo is considered racist by a lot of hyper liberal groups. Mind you these people have no sense of context. They also don't like Mark Twain for the same reason.