{"id":22480,"date":"2018-08-25T10:29:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T17:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=22480"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:51:39","slug":"you-cant-read-that-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=22480","title":{"rendered":"You Can’t Read That!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You Can’t Read That is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups.<\/p>\n

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From Time Magazine, Dec 20, 1948<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

YCRT! News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why can’t kids just read Officer Friendly coloring books instead?\u00a0South Carolina Cops Have Thoughts On Your High School Reading List<\/a>. Here’s more on the same subject<\/a>: “Union says depictions of brutality in The Hate U Give and All American Boys promote distrust of police and\u00a0‘we\u2019ve got to put a stop to that.'”<\/p>\n

High school administrators across the country are\u00a0silencing student journalists<\/a> who report on sensitive subjects. While we’re at it, here are nine other recent school controversies\u00a0making the news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“See the little faggot with the earring and the make up”:\u00a040 banned and censored songs<\/a>. Here’s more on the ongoing battle over censorship of music<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related: six films that were cut or banned<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m confused. I thought some of Judy Blume’s books had already been made as movies (“Tiger Eyes” and “Forever,” to name two). Maybe she wants to know which other<\/em> Judy Blume books you’d like to see on the big screen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Self-appointed library censors strike again<\/a>, this time in Detroit.<\/p>\n

University administrators cave to public demands to censor or remove campus art<\/a>? Oh, do tell.<\/p>\n

Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone<\/a>: “The death-pit for civil liberties is usually found in a combination of fringe\/unpopular people or ideas and a national security emergency.”<\/p>\n

A librarian begins a story with this<\/a>: “About two years ago, I wanted to get in on the Drag Queen storytime trend.” Dear American Library Association: are you sure<\/em>\u00a0the Drag Queen storytime trend is the hill you want to die defending<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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