Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne, children’s poet Shel Silverstein and Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson have joined Judy Blume, Sarah J. Maas, Eric Carle and Kurt Vonnegut on a mind-boggling list of hundreds of books purged from some Tennessee school libraries.

Calvin reading book and raising eyebrow

  • Quazatron
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    811 hours ago

    US missed the Holy Inquisition the first time around, so they’re making up for lost time.

  • @Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    3817 hours ago

    Makes sense, a bare butt is inherently pornographic.

    Remember when John Ashcroft covered up the statue of Lady Justice because she has a boobie out? These puritanical prudes are so fucking weird.

  • @the_q@lemmy.zip
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    1915 hours ago

    Didn’t the conservative crowd popularize the Calvin peeing on XYZ car decal? Ah well… I guess the same folks banning books are just jealous they can’t read.

    • katy ✨
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      2515 hours ago

      they did it against bill’s wishes, who hated commercialisation.

      • @LilB0kChoy@midwest.social
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        411 hours ago

        Yes, but Bill Waterson was even more reserved than that. I read his biography which was written without his input because he repeatedly refused a request to be interviewed for it.

        He never merchandised Calvin & Hobbes and never licensed it to others. Whenever I hear “reclusive genius” I always think of Bill Waterson.

  • katy ✨
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    1415 hours ago

    republicans are gonna be real shocked when they find out calvin’s stance on deforestation and urban sprawl.