Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

michaels

The colour purple and snow falling on cedars?!

vivatifosi

Nikkster wrote: »

I remember those two Judy Blume books going round our entire class at school - as soon as someone finished it, the next person went to get it out from the school library!

It's bonkers isn't it? Quick, a book on menstruation, let's ban it! That book on bullying? Shouldn't be allowed.

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

misskool, special girl is out of commision atm, but i might be able to arrange an inner thigh workout for you on one of her friends. :d

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vivatifosi

michaels wrote: »

The colour purple and snow falling on cedars?!

The Colour Purple has one of the longest entries. Shame. It's one of my favourite books.
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Challenged as appropriate reading for Oakland, CA High School honors class (1984) due to the work's "sexual and social explicitness" and its "troubling ideas about race relations, man's relationship to God, African history, and human sexuality." After nine months of haggling and delays, a divided Oakland Board of Education gave formal approval for the book's use. Rejected for purchase by the Hayward, CA school's trustee (1985) because of "rough language" and "explicit sex scenes." Removed from the open shelves of the Newport News, VA school library (1986) because of its "profanity and sexual references" and placed in a special section accessible only to students over the age of 18 or who have written permission from a parent. Challenged at the public libraries of Saginaw, MI (1989) because it was “too sexually graphic for a 12-year-old.” Challenged as a summer youth program reading assignment in Chattanooga, TN (1989) because of its language and "explicitness." Challenged as an optional reading assigned in Ten Sleep, WY schools (1990). Challenged as a reading assignment at the New Burn, NC High School (1992) because the main character is raped by her stepfather. Banned in the Souderton, PA Area School District (1992) as appropriate reading for 10th graders because it is "smut." Challenged on the curricular reading list at Pomperaug High School in Southbury, CT (1995) because sexually explicit passages aren’t appropriate high school reading. Retained as an English course reading assignment in the Junction City, OR high school (1995) after a challenge to Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel caused months of controversy. Although an alternative assignment was available, the book was challenged due to "inappropriate language, graphic sexual scenes, and book's negative image of black men." Challenged at the St. Johns County Schools in St. Augustine, FL (1995). Retained on the Round Rock, TX Independent High School reading list (1996) after a challenge that the book was too violent. Challenged, but retained, as part of the reading list for Advanced Placement English classes at Northwest High Schools in High Point, NC (1996). The book was challenged because it is "sexually graphic and violent." Removed from the Jackson County, WV school libraries (1997) along with sixteen other titles. Challenged, but retained as part of a supplemental reading list at the Shawnee School in Lima, OH (1999). Several parents described its content as vulgar and "X-rated." Removed from the Ferguson High School library in Newport News, VA (1999). Students may request and borrow the book with parental approval. Challenged, along with seventeen other titles in the Fairfax County, VA elementary and secondary libraries (2002), by a group called Parents Against Bad Books in Schools. The group contends the books "contain profanity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct, and torture.” Challenged in Burke County (2008) schools in Morgantown, NC by parents concerned about the homosexuality, rape, and incest portrayed in the book.


http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned

PasturesNew

I must be in the eye of the storm - it's quiet/fairly still out there and not raining - and I'm sure there's quite a bit of sky and few clouds... although it's too dark to really see... and as I type this, I can hear the wind picking up again....

PasturesNew

CKhalvashi wrote: »

I'd love that as my workplace....I could smoke like a chimney

I was in a business premises today and said to the owner "Just popping out while you make that call, to have a cig" - and said "Have one of mine... and smoke it in here" and I said "Oh, I couldn't" and he said "Here, this other room - the window's open"... so we went to the open window and he got a half-filled ashtray ... and there was a sign saying it's illegal to smoke on these premises ... and as I lit up I said "It just feels SO wrong to smoke inside.... especially with that sign there".

But hey - who am I to argue... he's the boss, I am the customer.

lostinrates

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Plus, you have the advantage of not being in an enclosed area

I'd love that as my workplace....I could smoke like a chimney

Oh....there's hay :eek:

No,thats true...until the stables go in. Still,after being i the barn i stink. Chicken house is the worst to clear out...yeurch.

PasturesNew

About 20 years ago I was working in a hospital building, with a concourse with small shops - and there was a staff canteen to use on the other side. We had two young temporary admin workers to work with us for a few weeks, one was from America.

One lunchtime she came rushing into the office clutching a glossy magazine and said "I can't believe it - I've bought this to take home, to show my friends - because if they don't see it they will NEVER believe me!!!!" It was a standard, UK glossy magazine, with the article titles on the front page... and one of them had the word PEN15 in it... and she couldn't believe that a magazine on public display could have that word on the front cover - and that a seemingly respectable glossy magazine was writing openly about such appendages.

To us .... it's normal.

lostinrates

I loved tintin when i was younger. I don't think any stereotypes actually impacted on me. Apart from a snigger that fil looks a bit like prof. Calculus.

PasturesNew

I've never been a reader... I was a reader, when I was young.... I guess I stopped reading when I was about 9-10 or so.

I don't have the ability to remember who everybody is, nor visualise what's going on. I used to have to sit and read entire books in one sitting just to remember at the end what'd happened to that point...