We passed a similar law this past session...
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Like a senior in high school can’t check out Peter Benchley’s Jaws? Ulysses? Dracula?
Lolita?
@jon-nyc said in We passed a similar law this past session...:
Like a senior in high school can’t check out Peter Benchley’s Jaws? Ulysses? Dracula?
Lolita?
Dunno. Try reading them at a school board meeting and tell me how that goes.
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Most high school kids spend way more time on the internet than reading books, so it’s a bloody good job there’s nothing sexual there or this law would be utterly pointless.
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That’s not controllable..yet. What we put the stamp of approval on in public schools is. A lot of those classic titles are college level, not 1-12.
@Mik said in We passed a similar law this past session...:
That’s not controllable..yet. What we put the stamp of approval on in public schools is. A lot of those classic titles are college level, not 1-12.
14-18 year olds don’t need nearly as much censorship as this IMHO
The books Jon listed shouldn’t be getting banned. This is way too puritan. Meanwhile the levels of violence they’re exposed to in fiction and tv is pretty excessive. Which is worse, a bit of nice sex or violence?
I was only joking
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@Mik said in We passed a similar law this past session...:
That’s not controllable..yet. What we put the stamp of approval on in public schools is. A lot of those classic titles are college level, not 1-12.
14-18 year olds don’t need nearly as much censorship as this IMHO
The books Jon listed shouldn’t be getting banned. This is way too puritan. Meanwhile the levels of violence they’re exposed to in fiction and tv is pretty excessive. Which is worse, a bit of nice sex or violence?
@Doctor-Phibes said in We passed a similar law this past session...:
@Mik said in We passed a similar law this past session...:
That’s not controllable..yet. What we put the stamp of approval on in public schools is. A lot of those classic titles are college level, not 1-12.
14-18 year olds don’t need nearly as much censorship as this IMHO
The books Jon listed shouldn’t be getting banned. This is way too puritan. Meanwhile the levels of violence they’re exposed to in fiction and tv is pretty excessive. Which is worse, a bit of nice sex or violence?
The books Jon listed aren’t getting banned.
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@Mik said in We passed a similar law this past session...:
That’s not controllable..yet. What we put the stamp of approval on in public schools is. A lot of those classic titles are college level, not 1-12.
14-18 year olds don’t need nearly as much censorship as this IMHO
The books Jon listed shouldn’t be getting banned. This is way too puritan. Meanwhile the levels of violence they’re exposed to in fiction and tv is pretty excessive. Which is worse, a bit of nice sex or violence?
@Doctor-Phibes said in We passed a similar law this past session...:
Which is worse, a bit of nice sex or violence?
The general public are more accepting of violence than nice sex. Public display of men violently beating each other bloody (e.g. boxing matches) is fine but public display of two people having sexual intercourse is not.
Movies and cartoons showing extreme explicit violence (e.g. "Kill Bill, "Dead Pool," "Tom and Jerry," "Roadrunner") are generally accepted but those depicting explicit sex acts are not.
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Related:
Utah's state-wide book bans:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/utah-bans-13-books-public-schools-statewide-including/story?id=112680897The list of books now banned in all public schools throughout Utah:
"A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas
"A Court of Frost and Starlight" by Sarah J. Maas
"A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas
"A Court of Silver Flames" by Sarah J. Maas
"A Court of Wings and Ruin" by Sarah J. Maas
"Empire of Storms" by Sarah J. Maas
"What Girls are Made of" by Elana K. Arnold
"Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur
"Forever" by Judy Blume
"Tilt" by Ellen Hopkins
"Fallout (Crank, Book 3)" by Ellen Hopkins
"Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
"Blankets" by Craig Thompson
