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L.A.C.K. & Censoround
September 29, 2003
All the latest Tipper Gore news
This is slightly off the site's topic, but close enough for me: Eric Nuzum, author of the book Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America, has a timeline of music censorship incidents at the Parental Advisory section of his website.
[TT] Erik's Trip
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:00:00 PM
September 26, 2003
Tush-whacked
The Brigham Young University student newspaper did not run a Sports Illustrated on Campus insert because it featured a picture of bare-assed runners.
[TT] Yahoo! News via FARK.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:55:29 PM
It'd Be Funny If It Weren't True
The Department of Homeland Security (not that one) has posted its Terrorist's Reading List:
"Librarians! Citizens! Be advised that terrorists are easily identified by their chosen reading material. Please study the list of terrorist-preferred volumes below - and promptly report any persons you may encounter reading them to the FBI Terror Literature specialists who will soon be visiting your community!" [TT] The White House
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:45:15 PM
September 24, 2003
"... technical changes ... to win more Chinese readers."
References to Tiananmen Square and human rights activist Harry Wu in Hillary Clinton's memoir have been deleted from the Chinese translation.
[TT] Salon.com via Blog of a Bookslut
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
4:50:00 PM
September 23, 2003
Tear Down the Wall
Ann La Pietra, owner of the Kids' Place bookstore in Marshall, MI, has a creative way to mark Banned Books Week: she paints a brick wall on her store window, and takes one brick down each time a customer buys a controversial title.
[TT] Detroit News via Google News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:00:28 PM
September 22, 2003
CBW Doesn't Have a Double Meaning, Unlike BBW
As pointed out by Joey "The Accordian Guy" deVilla, Metafilter currently has discussion about Banned Books Week (as does the Irish bulletin board community Boards.ie). One question raised during the discussion is why the week is called "Banned Books Week" when it's more appropriately called "Challenged Books Week". Here is the ALA explanation:
"Each year, the American Library Association (ALA) is asked why the week is called 'Banned Books Week' instead of 'Challenged Books Week,' since the majority of the books featured during the week are not banned, but 'merely' challenged. There are two reasons. One, ALA does not 'own' the name Banned Books Week, but is just one of several cosponsors of BBW; therefore, ALA cannot change the name without all the cosponsors agreeing to a change. Two, none want to do so, primarily because a challenge is an attempt to ban or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A successful challenge would result in materials being banned or restricted." One of the sites linked to in the Metafilter discussion is the Banned Books Project page, which is now hosted by Solonor's Groovy Grove of Mystical Wonders.
Finally, leave it to The Laughing Librarian to come up with some funny Banned Books Week-related jokes. Check out the September 22 entry of his weblog, then visit his list of the Top 25 Would-Be-Banned Children's Books.
[TT] Metafilter via The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century [TT] Boards.ie via Library Underground Mailing List [TT] Laughing Librarian via Library Underground Mailing List
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:10:55 PM
September 19, 2003
Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week begins tomorrow, which means editorials about book banning abound in local newspapers across the country, as evidenced in a quick search of Google News.
[TT] Google News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:15:27 AM
September 18, 2003
Keep in mind I'm a dirty-mouthed atheist
While this "Christian analysis" of the South Park movie is inherently hilarious, I'm a little disturbed that it's the fourth-ranked hit when you search Google for South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut.
Obviously, this isn't necessarily related to the theme of this newsblog, but I find its list of offenses particularly amusing:
- "wall poster of character on fire"
- "many lies"
- "portrayal of Satan as a loving, caring and sensitive being"
- "a giant talking female private organ"
- "lust for war" (wait, isn't President Bush a Christian?)
[TT] ChildCare Action Project via Google
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
9:25:53 AM
¡Mucho Gracias!
Thanks to Deakialli Docu Mental for linking to the Pernicious Librarian sites the other day. Of course, my Spanish is... well, I don't have any Spanish other than some basic soccer terms, but I'm pretty sure I understand this passage:
"En esa misma página se encuentra L.A.C.K. (Librarians Are Corrupting Kids), . Otra página muy curiosa. Explican como cada año se pide la retirada de libros de las bibliotecas y mantienen un blog de noticias sobre los ultimos cambios en las prohibiciones de libros. Supongo q no hará falta mencionar que eso ocurre en EE.UU., ¿verdad?" [EDITOR'S NOTE] Link to Deakialli's post about Pernicious Librarian reinserted. The other Pernicious Librarian sites are no longer online.
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
9:20:00 AM
September 15, 2003
Yet another Robert Cormier book ban
Robert Cormier's book We All Fall Down has been removed from a ninth grade reading list by Baldwin, Kansas, school superintendent Jim White after two parents complained about the book's subject matter, which includes alcoholism and violence amongst teenagers. Said school board member Stacy Cohen, "It's a case where one or two parents are forcing their personal beliefs on all students in the district, and that's wrong."
[TT] LJWorld.com via LISNews.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:23:00 PM
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