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A comment on Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal. Parent comment

Re:Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in P... by Guthwine on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:25AM (#48817472)
Not sure if your sarcasm is directed at Dua Lipa for including Atwood, or at the states that actually removed it from their public schools (Texas, Florida, Missouri, among others), but it was actually banned in Portugal during the Salazar regime.

Either way, I agree with your comment that there is nothing dangerous about Atwood unless you are a fan of authoritarian religious governments.

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Re:Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in P... by suddenlybananas on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:31AM (#48817552)
That's strange that a book that was published in 1985 was banned by a regime which fell in 1974.
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Re:Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in P... by Guthwine on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @10:18AM (#48818252)
I was referencing a direct quote from the author, looks like the Booker Prize board actually looked into it and disputes the certainty of the claim. Oh well. However:

1. Regime change doesn't happen instantaneously. The Francoist line of thinking was still pervasive after Franco died, and through the 70s there was a waxing and waning of censorship.

2. The book was still restricted in multiple states, the spirit of my comment still stands.

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Re:Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in P... by 1234letshaveatw on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @11:04AM (#48818843)
The spirit of incorrectness
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Re:Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in P... by Guthwine on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @12:11PM (#48819824)
Instead of replying in kind, I will benevolently nudge you to review the Hacker News comment guidelines. I don't think any of us want this site to fall to lower standards of other social media platforms.
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Re:Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in P... by suddenlybananas on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:02PM (#48822115)
Regarding 1, I still don't see why what happened the decade before the book was published in another country has any bearing on whether the book was banned in Portugal.
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