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L.A.C.K. & Censoround
August 29, 2003
"...media coverage is guaranteed..."
A co-owner of the Vancouver bookstore owner Kidsbooks is requesting that Macmillan UK not publish Elizabeth Laird's new book. Phyllis Simon read an advance copy of A Little Piece of Ground, about a Palestinian boy in the West Bank, and found it to be anti-Semitic.
[TT] Toronto Star via LISNews.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:35:00 AM
August 26, 2003
"Now it is against books..."
I signed up for Google News Alerts to get updates about the latest book bannings and burnings, seeing as how it's in vogue these days. I've yet to get a single alert, tho, so I guess they're really in beta.
And there has been news, of a sort. The Iranian judiciary has convicted five people for breaking the country's literary laws. Not only do the author, publisher, and translator of the the controversial book Iran's Women Musicians face jail time, but so does a literary critic who reviewed it.
[TT] Reuters via Google News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:35:52 PM
August 25, 2003
Dr. Diaper's goin' down!
USA Today has an article about Dav Pilkey, the author of the Captain Underpants series.
[TT] USA Today
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:00:00 AM
August 21, 2003
"I don't want to be in the censorship game..."
The Sonya Sones book What My Mother Doesn't Know has been removed from the shelves of the Rosedale Union School District (Bakersfield, CA) libraries because of the poem "Ice Capades," in which a teenager describes her breasts when they're cold.
[TT] American Libraries via LISNews.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:50:00 PM
August 8, 2003
Newspaper sues library over removal
The Gay Guardian is suing the Ohoopee Regional Library after librarians removed the free gay rights newspaper, as well as all other free publications, from its lobby after patrons complained about the publication.
[TT] Fulton County Daily Report via Law.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:26:06 AM
Bad vibrations, as opposed to Good Vibrations
The Department of Justice has indicted a California adult film distributor on charges of violating federal obscenity laws. "Today's indictment marks an important step in the Department of Justice's strategy for attacking the proliferation of adult obscenity," said John Ashcroft, adding that the DOJ would "continue to focus our efforts on targeted obscenity prosecutions that will deter others from producing and distributing obscene material."
To be fair, I will point out that the company, Extreme Associates, distributes videos with simulated rapes and snuff scenes. However, Ashcroft is making it clear that he is going after the entire adult film industry.
[TT] Los Angeles Times
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:25:33 AM
August 6, 2003
This doesn't appear to be a joke
PABAAH (Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood) has a list of movies to boycott. For example, Jamie Lee Curtis' Freaky Friday should be avoided because she's a "Republican Basher." Also, you can email Miramax your pre-written-for-you (not to mention misspelled-and-uneditable) thoughts on Buffalo Soldiers.
[TT] PABAAH via No More Mister Nice Blog
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:40:26 AM
August 5, 2003
"I don't want anyone to go to hell..."
The Jesus Non-Denominational Church of Greenville, MI, held a Harry Potter book burning this past Sunday. They also burnt *NSYNC cds, the Book of Mormon, rosary beads and non-King James versions of the Bible.
[TT] WZZM 13 via Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
[TT] Fox 17 via Google News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
4:00:01 PM
August 1, 2003
"Bewitching the Box Office"
This article by Rachel Wagner from The Journal of Religion and Film is a good overview of the pro- and anti-Harry Potter arguments.
[TT] The Journal of Religion and Film via Librarians' Index to the Internet
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:15:08 AM
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