Now here’s a national week I can get behind: the American Library Association is celebrating Banned Books Week from September 25th through October 2nd.
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.
From www.ala.org (share this quote)
The vast majority of banned books (3046 of them) are challenged for being “sexualy explicit.” If we believe that people are sexual from birth until death, that sexuality is a healthy and creative thing, and that the ability to read and have honest conversations about it can work to create positive relationships and prevent violence; then we must fight for access to a full range of information including novels that make us think “dirty” thoughts.
Here is a list of books that have been challenged in 2010 and ideas on how to protect your right to smut.
