“If sealing this particular book off from young readers tells them anything, I fear it will be, “If…”
“If sealing this particular book off from young readers tells them anything, I fear it will be, “If something like this happens to you — if people swear at you, or they call you a slut, or they make comments about your body — don’t tell anyone, because talking about how hard it is to survive this is no excuse for letting any of these words or ideas or issues come out of your mouth.””
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The very brilliant Linda Holmes hitting many nails squarely on their heads, regarding the recent challenges to Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.
Background at The Toast and the National Council Against Censorship‘s blog.
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Reposted from http://lies.tumblr.com/post/61614168247.
