28th September 2009

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ainwonderland: robot-heart-politics: thesmarttart: U.S. Requests to Remove Books from Libraries, 2007-2009“[A]n interactive database that shows requests to have books removed from public and school libraries between 2007 and 2009. Here’s a screenshot showing all requests; at the website you can hover over each point and see what the book was, the basis of the challenge, and in many cases the result.”via Sociological Images I am shocked that there is nothing in Utah. Wow, this is like the movie Pleasantville, where none of the books have the stories in them because they are “inappropriate”.  Soon enough, all the books in the world will be blank and the only way to know the story is to have a couple of rebel kids from the future tell them as the words are filled in on the pages.

ainwonderland:

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thesmarttart:

U.S. Requests to Remove Books from Libraries, 2007-2009
“[A]n interactive database that shows requests to have books removed from public and school libraries between 2007 and 2009. Here’s a screenshot showing all requests; at the website you can hover over each point and see what the book was, the basis of the challenge, and in many cases the result.”
via Sociological Images

I am shocked that there is nothing in Utah.

Wow, this is like the movie Pleasantville, where none of the books have the stories in them because they are “inappropriate”.  Soon enough, all the books in the world will be blank and the only way to know the story is to have a couple of rebel kids from the future tell them as the words are filled in on the pages.

Source: contexts.org

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    Pretty inexpert use of the technology but still very cool that it’s so easy to do things like this.
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    “Lewiston, Maine (2008) Robie Harris’ It’s Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual...
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    Wow, this is like the movie Pleasantville, where none of the books have the stories in them because they are...
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    I am shocked that there is nothing in Utah.
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    in case you need a laugh. 5.
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    Reading about book challenges is one of my favorite ways to spend time.
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