News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by briandear on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:04AM (#35274079)
> extremists

Putting the book Gender Queer in the children’s section is extreme. Have you seen that book? Looked at the pictures? You wouldn’t be able to show that book on broadcast TV and there are librarians that insist kids should read it. That seems pretty extreme to me. If it were a book depicting graphic heterosexual sex acts, there wouldn’t be any controversy over banning it.

There are some schools that have Gender Queer as part of the curriculum.

The idea of literal pornographic book availability to minors shouldn’t be controversial.

It’s a subset of librarians that have become extreme. Activists demanding children be exposed to graphic sexual content in the name of “inclusiveness” are the extremists. Kids can learn about LGBT experiences without having to also be exposed to graphic sex depictions. If that’s an extreme position, then I suppose I am an extremist by that definition.

Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by tokai on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:36AM (#35274564)
Just looked through worldcat and not a single US library has it in the children section. Even the publisher specifies that it is intended for readers +16. Also only like two handfuls of libraries have it in their collections.

Either you have been bamboozled by polarizing lies or you are making up those lies yourself.

Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by eynsham on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:10AM (#35274185)
> insist kids should read it

It is fairly trivial to leave books in the library without forcing children to read them or recommending that they should. I hope that all school libraries have copies of Rudin, Marx and Kripke too—and that’s it.

Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by tablespoon on Thursday March 23, 2023 @10:03AM (#35274977)
> I hope that all school libraries have copies of Rudin, Marx and Kripke too—and that’s it.

Honestly, I kind of doubt that would ever happen. Marx's most famous books might be kept only because of their extreme fame, but you'll rarely if ever see mathematicians or analytic philosophers like you listed. They'll rarely if ever be checked out, and will be weeded. A school library isn't an university library.

Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by hooverd on Thursday March 23, 2023 @10:24AM (#35275298)
Capital is a doorstopper and I can't imagine kids reading it.
Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by tablespoon on Thursday March 23, 2023 @12:39PM (#35277401)
I agree, but my old high school library apparently has a copy available (according to their online catalog). I'd bet it's rarely been checked out, and never actually read (beyond a couple of pages).

They also have the The Communist Manifesto, which seems more like the kind of thing a precocious or edgy teen might actually read (at least in the pre-smartphone era).

Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by kevviiinn on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:28AM (#35274455)
Do you have any citations for schools having Gender Queer in the ciriculum? I wasn't able to find any
Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by aaomidi on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:12AM (#35274213)
Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by JustSomeNobody on Thursday March 23, 2023 @10:15AM (#35275156)
Your next President...
Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by SamoyedFurFluff on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:51AM (#35274790)
Gender Queer isn’t a children’s book. It’s a book for older teens, and I think it’s quite appropriate in like a highschool setting for example. Go Ask Alice has worse than that(rape and prostitution and addiction), was published decades ago, and is considered a classic staple of American literature for teens.