Episode 3: Neon Gods and Writing Myth Takes

April 05, 2022 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

What would happen if you took the greek myth of Hades and Persephone and made them sex a lot? Neon Gods bursts forth in a spicy story meant for those with little need for plot and big need for sexy brooding waiting around.

Big Hard Sex Criminals written by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (illus)

March 30, 2021 by Banned Library in Graphic Novel

When two people who can stop time after having orgasms start a relationship, things get complicated when they also start robbing banks to save a library.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

March 09, 2021 by Banned Library in Movie

When platonic friends need money, the easiest way to get what everyone wants is to make pornography.

Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth (illus.)

February 23, 2021 by Banned Library in Graphic Novel, Nonfiction

This episode we learn about sex and how people get so weird about their bits and bobs and why that matters.

Attack of the Vampire Weenies by David Lubar

February 17, 2021 by Banned Library in Chapter Book, Short Story

We're talking short stories with bite that kill little kids in this episode that will make you believe mimes can be vampires.

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

September 24, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

For Banned Books Week 2019, we revisit a story of a deranged relationship born from the world of fanfiction and now a multimillion dollar movie.

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

July 30, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

We follow the ups and downs and rapes of a Chilean family for several mystical generations.

Banned

#97 Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009

1994 - California - Challenged due to accounts of sexual encounters and violence but retained at Paso Robles High School

1997 - Virginia - Challenged but retained at Brentsville's Stonewall Jackson High School for sexual explicitness

1998 - Maryland - Challenged at Montgomery County reading lists and school library shelves as obscene

1999 - California - Challenged in Encinitas at La Costa Canyon High School as it "defames" the Catholic faith and contains "pornographic passages"

2000 - California

Challenged but retained at Fairfield Unified School District as "immoral and sexually depraved"

Challenged and retained for being "immoral and sexually depraved" at Suisun City Unified School District

2003 - California - Challenged but retained at Modesto, with the Modesto City School Board advising that parents given annotations and information of any text with the option of opting out

2013 - North Carolina - Challenged due to the book's graphic nature at Watauga County High School and retained after three appeals.

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Allende, Isabele. House of the Spirits. Alfred A. Knopf. 1982.

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Shade's Children by Garth Nix

July 02, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

When all the adults have vanished and overlords have taken over, a bunch of super-powered kids have sex and save the planet.

Banned

#95 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged books: 2000-2009

2001 - New York - Williamsville's Transit Middle School retained after the book was challenged for being "vulgar, obscene, and educationally unsuitable."

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Nix, Garth. Shade's Children. HarperCollins. New York, 1997.

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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

April 22, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

John Irving pens a book banned from within three states about a little boy with a big voice who really stinks at baseball.

Banned

#76 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1992 - Pennsylvania - Carlisle's Boiling Springs High School pulled the book from high school literature classes after parents complained of language and content
2000 - West Virginia - Challenged at Kanawha County high school's reading lists for being "pornographic, offensive, and vulgar."
2009 - New Hampshire - Pelham school district removed the book from recommended summer reading after a parent complained about language and sexuality.

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Date, Terry. “Schools: Parental objections to reading lists are rare.” Eagle-Tribune. https://www.eagletribune.com/news/local_news/schools-parental-objections-to-reading-lists-are-rare/article_73289bb2-a8ab-50f3-919f-ded020ac570b.html Accessed 2022 Aug 12.

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2017.

Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. William Morrow and Company. New York, 1989.

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Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez

April 15, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

A brief cover of the author and the banned book leads us to Jason meeting Kyle and Nelson at a meeting.

Banned

#48 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
2004 - Texas - Along with fifteen other books with gay-positive themes this book was challenged in the Montgomery County Memorial Library System by Library Patrons of Texas using language similar to language of the website Parents Against Bad Books in Schools based out of Fairfax County, Virginia.
2005 - Arkansas - Along with fifty other books, a challenge at the Fayetteville High School library cited this book and others were too sexually explicit and promoted homosexuality
2006 - New York - After receiving complaints from parents about explicit sexual content, the book was removed from Webster Central School District high school summer reading list yet reinstated a year later after officials reviewed the selection process.

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 19 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys. Simon Pulse. New York, 2003.

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