Censorship | Censorship
Aug.28.2010
Saturday’s post on the censorship issues surrounding the Teen Lit Fest In Humble, TX led to a wonderful series of comments and ongoing discussion. Thanks again to everyone who has chimed in.
One reader wrote in with a link to a censorship lesson plan for 3rd – 5th graders.
Janni Lee Simner wrote...
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Aug.27.2010
Censorship is in the news again. Start out your Saturday by reading Pat Scales’ great article about Common Sense Media, Three Bombs, Two Lips, and a Martini Glass.
Then bring yourself up to speed on the censorship battle surrounding the Teen Lit Fest in Humble, TX. My friend, Ellen Hopkins,...
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Aug.06.2010
Massive Censorship Of Digg UncoveredPosted by oleoleolson on @ 4:40 amArticle printed from speakeasy: http://blogs.alternet.org/oleoleolsonURL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/oleoleolson/2010/08/05/massive-censorship-of-digg-uncovered/
A group of influential conservative members of the...
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Jul.28.2010
Apple removes erotica from iPad book charts
27.07.10 | Victoria Gallagher
Apple has been accused of censorship after four erotic novellas disappeared from the iBookstore chart. Yesterday morning the novella Blonde and Wet, the Complete Story by Carl East was topping the chart, with another...
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Jul.14.2010
Why ‘Mockingbird’ has been challenged
Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ may be considered a classic but that doesn’t mean everybody likes it.
Some literary critics over the years have argued that there is too little ambiguity in the characters for it to be considered really great...
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Jun.14.2010
Joyce Found Too Graphic, This Time by AppleBy JULIE BOSMANPublished: June 13, 2010
The question of whether James Joyce’s “Ulysses” is obscene seemed to have been settled for more than 75 years. Until last week, that is, when the creators of a Web comic version of the classic novel, called “...
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Jun.06.2010
Mull of Kintyre testFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kintyre is highlighted in red. The "Mull of Kintyre" properly refers to the promontory at the southernmost end, but in this context the apparent angle of the whole peninsula is the relevant standard against which a penis would be...
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May.20.2010
Dear Reader,
Every day should be “Draw Muhammad Day.”
Not for the sake of offending Muslims — although not all are offended by all depictions of the Prophet. Indeed, I’m offended by some of the drawings showing up on Facebook's "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" page, and I’m not even Muslim....
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May.11.2010
Mom refuses to return 'racy' teen books to library
(NBC News Channel) Amanda Ober of WESH for NBC News Channel: LONGWOOD, Florida
-- A series of books that inspired the popular CW television show "Gossip Girl" has been moved to the adult fiction section in all of...
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Apr.24.2010
When I asked my writing partner to write a bio for our website and my newspaper blog, he sent me a sad, controversial, yet inspirational fairytale. Okay, I can work with that, but I worried.
He comes from a land where censorship is enforced and speaking out can get you in trouble.
Still, he...
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