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Bad Influence. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

1984 is more appropriate for adolescents than for kids under tweens. If anyone has read the ending, the imagery in Room 101 is pretty graphic. There are also sexually suggestive imagery in the middle of the book.

The best dystopian book for kids that warns of authoritarianism would be Fahrenheit 451 and Animal Farm imo. The latter was my introduction to George Orwell by my teacher just before I entered adolescence.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

This is literally what YouTube is like though. The less educational content is, the more likely they are to remove or age restrict it. NileGreen made a video about this recently, it's kinda long but you can watch it if this sounds interesting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I don't follow american book ban list. Is it actually ban?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

https://pen.org/report/beyond-the-shelves/

Disproportionate to publishing rates and like prior school years, books in this prominent subset overwhelmingly include books with people and characters of color (44%) and books with LGBTQ+ people and characters (39%).

Over half (57%) of the banned titles in this subset include sex-related themes or depictions, due to ramped up attacks on “sexual content.”

Nearly 60% of these banned titles are written for young adult audiences, and depict topics young people confront in the real world, including grief and death, experiences with substance abuse, suicide, depression and mental health concerns, and sexual violence.

If you pick around for schools with bans, you can occasionally find 1984 on the list. But that is primarily because of the extramarital sex scene between Wilson Smith (the protagonist) and his lover Julia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 minutes ago

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I don't think it's currently on any ban lists in the US; if it is, it's just in a few odd corners. It has been on ban lists around the world in the past for various reasons.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Any librarian worth their salt would find a secret way to get that kid his book

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I watched the library in my high school downsized repeatedly during and after my time in school.

They went from half a dozen librarians to one. They purged their collections of microfilm and whittled away any research tools that weren't just on a computer. They stopped ordering new books for the most part by the time my sister graduated.

I believe they've since renovated the space to convert a big chunk of it into more classrooms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

He looks so sad about not getting the book lmao

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