Pinkos Dare to Deem
I don’t say NPR stands for Nice Polite Republicans just to be mean. And don’t even get me started on the rest of the mainstream media.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: The Confessions of Nat Turner
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. YCRT! News Many Americans these days are engaged in protest. Reading in public, especially the reading of banned or challenged books, can also be an act of protest. Related: Using Banned Books to Teach Resistance. Not banning by any means, but […]
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review Lookback: Beloved
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. YCRT! News Roundup Japanese town puts up a replica of Michelangelo’s “David,” residents demand pants. Remember that guy who got Americans and Congress all worked up over comic books back in the 1950s? Turns out his “research” was bogus. Yakima, Washington area […]
You Can’t Read That!
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned and challenged books. My local school district in Tucson, Arizona is at the center of a growing national and international scandal over the racially-motivated confiscation and banning of textbooks, novels, and plays. I wrote about the district’s actions here and here. To reach […]