You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned books and censorship.
More than a year later, activist groups are
still trying to combat the infamous
Tucson school book bannings.
Here's a highly suspect list titled top five banned books (suspect in that while all five books have been banned, they aren't the "top five" on any survey I've ever heard of) ... but the writer's takes on why these idiosyncratic picks were banned are spot on.
Meanwhile, here's a real list: the American Library Association's Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2012.
Power to the people? A Santa Fe citizen takes it upon himself to ban an alternative weekly newspaper that offended him ... by stealing all the copies!
A librarian considers Persopolis.
A fascinating essay on the history of attempts to ban Gone With the Wind.
From Moms Demand Action, a jarring poster:
Too cute ... how censorship can make what's being censored seem far more interesting than it actually is:
Is the world really watching Iceland's plan to ban online porn?
I finally watched Django Unchained. My first reaction: what the hell is it with these eruptions of blood and tissue whenever anyone gets shot? Looks like the Chinese censors had the same reaction.