by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 30, 2020 | OpEd
Smut noun ˈsmət obscene language or matter Most books are challenged because someone finds something offensive about the story, language, or characters. Much of the time, it’s considered obscene. In the old days, we called that “smut”. Listen to what...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 29, 2020 | OpEd
Judith Krug (from Wikipedia) was an American librarian, supporter of freedom of speech, and prominent critic of censorship. Krug became Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association in 1967. In 1969, she joined the Freedom to Read...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 28, 2020 | OpEd
Why should you be interested in keeping ALL books on the shelves? Because we need to protect the freedom to read whatever we want; and, that includes explicit, suggestive, disgusting, violent, and everything else under the sun of which writing consists. You are not...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 27, 2020 | OpEd
Yes, it’s still happening Ruth Graham wrote a column in Slate magazine titled “Banned Books Week is a Crock”, with the subtitle, “That’s good news! No one bans books anymore. We won!” Unfortunately, this kind of ignorant statement can be...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | OpEd
Straight from paidcontent.org:50 Shades of Grey is the first title in a trilogy by British author E. L. James. This morning, the NYT reports (in what is currently the most-emailed article on the site) that the book has “electrified women across the country, who have...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 7, 2020 | OpEd
When I went to see the new Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie, I saw a trailer for a future movie titled John Carter. What an odd title for a movie, especially since it’s not based on a historical character like Rob Roy, Ali, Ray, Che, or Bobby. This made me...