Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne, children’s poet Shel Silverstein and Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson have joined Judy Blume, Sarah J. Maas, Eric Carle and Kurt Vonnegut on a mind-boggling list of hundreds of books purged from some Tennessee school libraries.
Restrict the kinds of ideas children can learn about, and you get evangelical MAGAs. Dictatorships always restrict information.
Fahrenheit 451
children’s poet Shel Silverstein
What? Is that the same Shel Silverstein as 2 time Grammy winning, Johnny Cash swongwriter, Academy awards and Golden Globe nominee, and Playboy Cartoonist, also prolific one act playwright, Shel Silverstein?
The answer is yes.
I just think he needs someone to shout out his other works in here in case you didn’t know.I’m 1000% sure they banned Shel because of “A Boy Named Sue” which they probably thought was about trans kids.
Hard KeK and quite possibly the right answer.
I figured it was Tatooin Ruth who literally is nude except for his tattoos or all the other butts he drew in his comics.
His headshot absolutely horrified me as a kid.
It absolutely horrifies me as an adult. Love you Shel
I can’t empathise with these book banners. If I had a kid, I’d probably be happier with them reading a book by a conservative ideologue than them not reading anything at all.
Having a well educated population capable of critical thought is a direct threat to the oligarchy.
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Fucking Calvin & Hobbes?!
Are you fucking kidding me right now?!
I have the “Complete Collection” box set, and I broke my 10 year-old son’s heart when, after he finished the whole thing, I had to tell him that there were no more. I think they made him a better kid.
An inquisitive young kid with a strong imagination and who asks lots if questions is rarely seen by adults in power as a positive influence.
Can’t have cartoons about questioning authority,those 8y olds might get ideas!
These people are going after anything that might imply nudity at all. I seem to remember Calvin had an immense hatred of baths. So once his mom finally got him in, poof, that now has to go, because he’s naked under all that water.
I’m surprised they don’t just ban all visual art that depicts humans, since everyone is naked under their clothes.
A small kid asking for a porn movie??? BAN THAT SHIT!!!
Calling satanic powers?? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST BAN THIS HERETICAL SHIT!!!
I always loved Calvin’s snowman hijinks. And Spaceman Spiff. And all the “I’M HOOoooOOOOooome!”
I don’t think that’s it. It’s named after philosophers, the people banning aren’t always stupid. I bet Calvin seems like a left wing propagandist to them too.
You’re not wrong, in general. But in this specific case, in Tennessee, it’s specifically about the nudity.
Any materials that “in whole or in part” contain any “nudity, or descriptions or depictions of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sadomasochistic abuse” are inappropriate for all students and do not belong in a school library.
It’s “nudity” of any type, which puts the Venus de Milo in the same category as Brazzers.
Thanks for clarifying. I was giving them more credit than was due.
I was about to jump in and defend the heck out of Shel Silverstein but it’s based on a broad sweeping nudity ban?
That’s fair. That man was an accidental children’s book author and the best kind of weirdo.
The ban is dumb but his inclusion less so.I said before but my guess is that with Shel they saw the title “A Boy Named Sue” and automatically banned him.
Geez… God forbid there’s a copious amount of bubbles or something covering anything if Calvin ever does jump back out of the bath
No, the right wing are just that sensitive.
Also, Eric Carle? Really?
Promotes the radical environmentalism ideology and the war on cars biking!
And building character!
Can’t have anyone learning now, can we?
Damn, Tennessee right wing. Y’all some backwards-ass motherfuckers.
Those ‘guidelines’ are pretty wide open. The Bible certainly makes the grade for a ban.
Actually though, can we get some malicious compliance? Schools banning the Bible based on rules written by Christian conservatives would be hilarious.
“We have considered several excerpts, and deemed this book unfit for schools. The book opens with everybody naked, and goes on to feature violence on a massive scale, as well as some weird incest, and a man who collected two hundred foreskins. Frankly, we believe that this book should have never been on the shelves here at Li’l Tykes Elementary.”
Lot was drugged and raped by his daughters. Surely that meets the standard for banning.
Not in Alabama
Fear is control.
Nazis
Arm yourselves.
This doesn’t end without millions dead
we should get credited trump’s mishandling of a pandemic tho
Making sure those kids have play-dough brains.
