Tag: banned books
Argentine artist Marta Minujín is set to open an art installation this year built from books that have been banned around the world. Minujín is a conceptual and performance artist who …
When it comes to banned books, there’s rarely a grey area. On one end, you have more conservative readers who don’t agree with themes such as explicit sex, profanity, …
Millenials can easily be described as one of the most sexualized generations and it’s shown in the way Young Adult fiction is portrayed now, as opposed to our grandparents …
The Chinese Communist Party has initiated a ban of certain foreign children’s books that include “subversive ideology,” Newsweek reports. The newly banned books include A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, …
The Nazi regime is notorious for many reasons. They were the minds behind numerous historical atrocities including the Holocaust and continue to inspire white supremacists to this day. However, …
The Hong Kong branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International has been using books to illustrate the injustice of censorship laws in a pop-up bookstore, on the 16th …
If you’ve been following book news, you’ve probably heard that George Orwell’s 1984 hit the best seller list on Amazon. In light of the new Trump administration, the possibility of …
Today, February 2nd, is the 135th birthday of famed Irish author James Joyce. A man who, on his 50th birthday, received a big blue cake, decorated as a copy …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaRukLVhvd8 YouTube Channel: History Movies Books being banned is nothing new. However, the epidemic of book banning has been rising over recent years at an alarming rate. Check out …
Virginia lawmakers are currently working on a bill that would allow parents to veto school reading material that includes “sexually explicit” content. Specifically, schools would be required to warn parents …
We live in a world of severe upheaval and a mixture of ideals that are so diverse that coming to a universal truth is simply unachievable. The one thing, …
An Illinois school district has recently pulled one book off its junior English curriculum and is opening up a public forum of debate over the rest of the reading …
As an elementary school student in Kabul, Aghanistan, Sajia Darwish had very few books to read: the school “library” consisted of nothing more than a spare closet with a few …
Cierra Loften
November 7, 2016
Authors, Autobiography, Banned Books, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Drama, Family, Faves, Human Interest, LGBT, Literary Quotes, Reading, Young Adult
It’s no mystique that banned books have spanned the ideals, motives, and ultimately, the lives of all who have heard their stories. From the classics such as Ulysses, The Adventures …
Next year, Argentinian conceptual artist Marta Minujin has plans to construct a massive installation in order to promote intellectual freedom and to protest literary censorship in Germany and around …
It’s late at night and I’m up reading way past my bedtime. I crouch underneath the covers, flashlight hovering over the pages of a book I’m not supposed to …
Cierra Loften
September 28, 2016
Banned Books, Book Lists, Children, Classics, Comics and Graphic Novels, History, Human Interest, John Green, Romance, Stephanie Meyer, Videos, Young Adult
YouTube Channel: Alltime10s From the Description: Vampire sex, gay penguins and naked super heroes are all included in our shocking top 10 list of books banned in schools. Banned Books …
Banned books week has become a ritual for librarians, booksellers, book lovers, bloggers and publishers alike. This is a week of celebrating those books which are repeatedly (or newly) …
This week, September 25 – October 1, is Banned Book Week 2016. This is an annual week-long celebration of the freedom to read. According to the American Library Association …
2016’s Banned Books Week begins on September 25th! So join your local libraries, bookstores, and other literary organizations in this celebration of your freedom to read. What Is …