tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post840174318450527680..comments2024-03-23T04:01:56.197-07:00Comments on Christa Writes: Silencing the VoicelessChrista Desirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15614441465633549710noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-72114975083109996452013-07-10T02:40:46.841-07:002013-07-10T02:40:46.841-07:00Glad you're discussing this issue. Banning boo...Glad you're discussing this issue. Banning books that tackle difficult topics for anyone including teens in troubling.Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-78736859266685816982013-07-09T22:07:25.830-07:002013-07-09T22:07:25.830-07:00I've been thinking about you, your platform in...I've been thinking about you, your platform in your writing and blogging, and my OWN voice, a LOT. Then I saw Nyrae's tweet about this post.<br /><br />I am almost 45 years old, and I have tears in my eyes reading the truth in this post. Because I told NO ONE. Okay, that's not true. I told my mother (who claimed it was my fault) and then I told my aunt (who believed me and honored me, letting me live with her a while)--but after I told my mother, and heard the blame pinned on me, I believed that, internalized it, and never told anyone else.<br /><br />That was freakin' forty years ago. I can't even imagine how my life might have been different, how my burden might have been made lighter, if I understood that I should, and COULD, SPEAK. <br /><br />It's not about being comfortable. It's about truth and respect and freedom. Ali Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907289209780628314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-29566865401965066662013-07-09T16:18:13.404-07:002013-07-09T16:18:13.404-07:00As always you say what needs to be said in such a ...As always you say what needs to be said in such a passionate, heartfelt, logical, honest way. Great post. Thanks for sharing it. Nyrae Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606888621615971198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-3218243095138986612013-07-09T16:00:05.528-07:002013-07-09T16:00:05.528-07:00FANtastic post.
This is something I get all insane...FANtastic post.<br />This is something I get all insane worked up over.<br />Next month I'm getting together w/ a librarian friend of mine who works at one of the local high schools, and I've started compiling a long list of questions for her...Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809468564016928636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-67413209095417436032013-07-09T12:08:37.188-07:002013-07-09T12:08:37.188-07:00That article was so messed up, and after reading L...That article was so messed up, and after reading LHA's blog post about the guy who wrote it and what a Tea Party douchebag he is, I got even more pissed. I'm hoping this is merely a matter of an extremist individual who believes utter nonsense. There will always be people like that, but I get most worried when the system validates the beliefs of people like this. The school still gets to decide if the book will be banned. Hopefully they do the right thing.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206089874019184766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-31835399436614542462013-07-09T10:21:21.251-07:002013-07-09T10:21:21.251-07:00And ... back after reading the linked post. I actu...And ... back after reading the linked post. I actually think that teacher is brilliant. Having boys read aloud from a book like Speak, however uncomfortable it might make them, is an excellent way to engage them in the fight against rape, if you ask me.<br /><br />It's a good, important fight, why not recruit strong young men to help us fight it?Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-241921249851872802013-07-09T10:15:08.833-07:002013-07-09T10:15:08.833-07:00First of all, child porn is illegal because it has...First of all, child porn is illegal because it has victims. Characters in books cannot be victims, and therefore books cannot be child porn.<br /><br />Ahem.<br /><br />That said, I can't believe this is still an issue. I got kind of mad about it back when I used to blog:<br /><br />http://theqqqe.blogspot.com/2010/09/speak-loudly.htmlMatthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-74881682048305865792013-07-09T10:00:03.245-07:002013-07-09T10:00:03.245-07:00I want you to shout this through a bullhorn. I wan...I want you to shout this through a bullhorn. I want to wheatpaste it on telephone poles. I want to skywrite it and crop-dust it and knock people on the head with it until it sinks in. Talking and reading about rape cannot hurt you. Carrie Mesrobianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305292109198218306noreply@blogger.com