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    Censors Try To Silence Caged Bird

    School officials read aloud the child rape scene from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting — in order to shock council members into banning it. Education: ur doing it rong. [OC Weekly]
    10/20/09
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    By Anna N.
  • #birdbrains

    Homophobes Target Fictional Penguins

    And Tango Makes Three, a kids' book about two male penguins who raise a baby penguin, tops the ALA's banned books list, because of supposed "homosexual undertones." Guess a penguin needs an "opposite marriage" partner — maybe an elephant? [Guardian]
    10/02/09
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    By Anna N.
  • #bibliomania

    Is "Secret Book Room" A Form Of Censorship?

    So what do libraries do when a book like Tintin in the Congo is deemed too offensive for normal perusal? According to a piece in today's Times, a sort of semi-banned purgatory. More »
    08/19/09
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    By Sadie
  • #notablequotable

    "'Knowledge Is Bad,' Is The Bible's Message"

    In response to the banning of her novel, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison helped launch the Free Speech Leadership Council yesterday. Of literacy, she said: "[it is] the route out of any oppression, any limitation." [AP & Mediabistro]
    06/05/09
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    By Intern Katy
  • #leftovers

    Roxana Saberi Released From Iran • Transgender Woman's Marriage To Man Nullified

    • American journalist Roxana Saberi arrived in Austria today and reunited with her parents after being released from prison in Iran. Her jail term was reduced to a two-year suspended sentence. • More »
    05/15/09
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    By Margaret
  • #leftovers

    Is Popeye's Ad Racist? •  Banned Books Week Founder Passes Away

    • Do you think this ad, featuring a black woman shilling fried chicken for Popeye's, is racist? Mediabistro sure does, although Jossip begs to differ. Click through for video. •  More »
    04/14/09
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    By Intern Katy
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    10/13/08
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  • #ofmiceandmen

    Required Readings

    09/24/08
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  • #exlibris

    Sexy Librarians: The Appeal Is Ethical, Not Aesthetic

    09/04/08
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