On November 14, a 20-year-old woman named Lanah Burkhardt appeared before the school board of the Conroe Independent School District in Texas. Burkhardt told the board that, when she was 11, she read a Scholastic book that introduced her to "a single kiss." According to Burkhardt, her exposure to this Scholastic book was directly responsible for her developing a debilitating addiction to pornography.
      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        151·
        1 year ago

        To be fair, “Degenerate Porn-Addled Lady” is probably really cool.

        This woman, however, is not DPAL and wants to ban books, because she likes the completely unrelated thing: porn. If that’s all it takes, I like pizza, so we should ban the Bible.

      • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world
        9·
        1 year ago

        Sadly, they did:

        Burkhardt’s gambit has already had an impact. The Conroe school board, after listening to her story, voted to restrict access to Drama, the Scholastic book featuring a kiss, from all students in the 8th grade and below. One of the school board members, Melissa Dungan, suggested replacing Scholastic with SkyTree Book Fairs. “All glory to God,” Burkhardt posted in response to the news.

        I hope Scholastic sues them into oblivion.

      • frezik
        2·
        1 year ago

        If it works, she’ll never need another job, anyway.