Comments on: Gay Penguins = Dangerous Book

By: Here we go again… « BBGNY Blog

Here we go again… « BBGNY Blog — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:02:56 +0000

[...] 20, 2008 · No Comments From Dear Author comes the latest story of the library police banning objectionable books. This time, it involves a [...]

By: mechaieh

mechaieh — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:37:46 +0000

Most challenged book of 2006, according to the ALA... (And here's a graph of "Types of Challenges" during the first half of this decade.) (Mostly a lurker here, but I happened upon these while prepping for a class I taught last year, and thought them fascinating (in the headdesky kind of way).)

By: Bev Stephans

Bev Stephans — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:21:07 +0000

I’m ashamed to say I live in Virginia but at least I don’t live in Loudon County.

By: sula

sula — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:22:38 +0000

Yeah, I meant it as a play on the “Virginia is for lovers” line they use to sell tourism here. Perhaps Loudoun County schools are just trying to keep in line with that ‘defense of marriage’ act that was passed a few years back? Apparently, only the right kind of lovers need apply.

By: Vivien Dean

Vivien Dean — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:24:15 +0000

You know, I hadn’t heard about this before. This makes me so glad I live where I do.

By: Diana Castilleja

Diana Castilleja — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:34:54 +0000

That’s a real shame. Not everything relates back to sex… Sheesh. Nature will do what it takes to survive. Or did they miss that point?

By: Renay

Renay — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:10:51 +0000

I thought the same thing as Sula when I read about this book being removed, yet AGAIN. It’s a reference to the tourism/travel line Virginia touts: Virginia is for Lovers: Vacation in Virginia.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:56:25 +0000

I’m ordering it for my daughter. Take that, VA! Censorship should be banned.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:23:25 +0000

Are you referring to Loving v. Virginia? At least the Penguins were of the same race.

By: sula

sula — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:15:06 +0000

Didn’t you know? Virginia is (not) for lovers. :(

By: Ned

Ned — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:58:52 +0000

Isn’t it always true that even “bad” publicity is good publicity!

By: Keishon

Keishon — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:54:05 +0000

ah, good ole Fox News. Anyway, I like living dangerously, I think I’ll see if my library has it. . . checking…and they do! Almost all of them are checked in, too, which is good because then I’ll get my copy faster.