It’s upsetting to call books with queer themes “controversial literature.” The princess kissing Sleeping Beauty is as “controversial” as the prince doing it.
But a lot of these bigots think that any book with any sort of even minorly queer theme means that first graders are going to see ass fucking close-up or something.
That’s the other thing. These idiots trying to ban books don’t realize that most kids have already seen far worse than anything that would be in any book in a school library just by growing up in the era of the internet.
Even before the internet. My public library had Playboys. Do you know how easy it was to sneak it out of the periodicals section when you were in elementary school? The absolute worst they could do is take it away from you and get mad at you.
It’s upsetting to call books with queer themes “controversial literature.” The princess kissing Sleeping Beauty is as “controversial” as the prince doing it.
But a lot of these bigots think that any book with any sort of even minorly queer theme means that first graders are going to see ass fucking close-up or something.
They will, butt on the internet.
That’s the other thing. These idiots trying to ban books don’t realize that most kids have already seen far worse than anything that would be in any book in a school library just by growing up in the era of the internet.
Even before the internet. My public library had Playboys. Do you know how easy it was to sneak it out of the periodicals section when you were in elementary school? The absolute worst they could do is take it away from you and get mad at you.