Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
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Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#2Such bans tend to have the opposite effect of what was intended: people become curious as to why the books were banned and then go and read them. The lure of forbidden fruit is real.
Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#3> ...because they were considered to contain “pornographic or indecent” material
Guess the christian bible isn't going to last long there then.
Lagniappe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings#/media/File...
Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#4I am sure it's perfectly fine and constitutional, right?
Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#5"outlaws" in the sense that they won't be in school libraries or used in classes, title is misleading.
Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#6> ...because they were considered to contain “pornographic or indecent” material Guess the christian bible isn't going to last long there then. Lagniappe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings#/media/File...
Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#7Such bans tend to have the opposite effect of what was intended: people become curious as to why the books were banned and then go and read them. The lure of forbidden fruit is real.
And this is just a ban from public schools in libraries. So people will still go buy the books at the local Barnes and Noble or online off Amazon.
Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#8Such bans tend to have the opposite effect of what was intended: people become curious as to why the books were banned and then go and read them. The lure of forbidden fruit is real.
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Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#9The Salt Lake Tribune has an article [1] on this. If you want more on Utah, see the Tribune's articles on [2] the divide between Mormon and non-Mormons in the state, and [3] how long people in the state will have access to abortion.
[1] https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2024/08/02/utah-book-b...
[2] https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/08/07/how-utahs-lds-vs-...
[3] https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/08/05/how-long-wil...
Re: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
#10Such bans tend to have the opposite effect of what was intended: people become curious as to why the books were banned and then go and read them. The lure of forbidden fruit is real.
The books by Maas are NYT bestsellers, so a great many people already know of them.