Comic Strips

-Gender Queer would be banned from my old schools if the blowjob depicted on pg 167 was between a straight couple too, even despite the fact that it's "strap on play" not "an actual blowjob." It's also rated 14+, so I could see why it wouldn't be allowed in elementary and middle school libraries.

-All Boys Aren't Blue I couldn't pirate, so I can't say beyond what I read about the book, which I don't like to make opinions based on. So far all I have is an explitive count that would have this one banned in my old schools too.

-The Bluest Eye, seems well written, but "He wanted to fuck her—tenderly. But the tenderness would not hold. The tight- ness of her vagina was more than he could bear. His soul seemed to slip down to his guts and fly out into her, and the gigantic thrust he made into her then provoked the only sound she made—a hollow suck of air in the back of her throat. Like the rapid loss of air from a circus balloon. Following the disintegration—the falling away—of sex- ual desire, he was conscious of her wet, soapy hands on his wrists, the fingers clenching, but whether her grip was from a hopeless but stubborn struggle to be free, or from some other emotion, he could not tell. Removing himself from her was so painful to him he cut it short and snatched his genitals out of the dry harbor of her vagina. She appeared to have fainted. Cholly stood up and could see only her grayish panties, so sad and limp around her ankles. Again the hatred mixed with tenderness. The hatred would not let him pick her up, the tenderness forced him to cover her. So when the child regained consciousness, she was lying on the kitchen floor under a heavy quilt, trying to connect the pain between her legs with the face of her mother looming over her." would have this banned in my old schools too.

-Flamer I have queued up for download right now, 2697th in line but it should go quick.

-Looking for Alaska, also in queue.

-Perks of Being a Wallflower I saw the movie and it definitely wouldn't have been shown in my schools until at least highschool. Movie was alright though, I may read the book.

-Lawn Boy: "Goddamn-fucking-cunt-fuck-shit-ass-fucker!” I yelled. Yup, that'll do it.

-The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, couldn't pirate.

-out of darkness, couldn't pirate.

-A Court of Mist and Fury: “I’ve had a long, long time to think about how and where | want you,” Rhys said onto the skin of my neck, his fingers Sliding under the band of my pants, but stopping just beneath. Their home for the evening. “I have no intention of doing it all in one night. Or in a room where | can’t even fuck you against the wall.”

-Crank, I can see why the rape scene would have it banned especially in elementary and middle schools, but high schools probably need this one lol.

-Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl, couldn't pirate.

-This book is gay: The author claims we're taught about straight sex at age 10, and this isn't exactly untrue, it just was a bit different than:

Handies: Perhaps the most important skill you will master as a gay or bi man is the timeless classic, the hand job. The good news is, you can practise on yourself. The bad news is, each guy has become very used to his own way of getting himself off. Learning how to find a partner’s personal style can take ages, but it can be very rewarding when you do.

Something they don’t teach you in school is that, in order to be able to cum at all, you or your partner may need to finish off with a handie. A lot of people find it hard to cum through other types of sex. This is fine, and certainly not something you have to apologise for.

A GOOD HANDIE is all about the wrist action. Rub the head of his cock back and forth with your hand. Try different speeds and pressures until he responds positively.

A BAD HANDIE is grasping a todger and shaking it like a ketchup bottle.

Finally, my misunderstanding about rubbing two peens together wasn’t far off the mark – rubbing them together in one hand feels awesome – MEGACOMBOHANDIE (trademark pending).

TIP: If your partner is circumcised (‘cut’) you will want to try a drop of lube – remember he hasn’t got as much skin to move around as uncut guys.

2. Blowies: Oral sex is popping another dude’s peen in your mouth or, indeed, popping yours in his. There is only one hard and fast rule when it comes to blowies – WATCH THE TEETH. Lips and tongue, yes; teeth, NO"

I can see why that would be banned from school libraries as well. It is to say the least "different" than said sex education classes at 10yo. I'm fairly certain that if any teacher said "Oral sex is when the women pops the man's peen in his mouth, or indeed, popping her puss in his. There is only one rule ladies, no teeth. (to straightify it)" to a group of 10yos they'd be fired on the spot.

Now, we can have the conversation on if "America's puritanical views on sex and profanity need to change," and I probably agree depending on what you mean (some people use that stance in an attempt to lower the age of consent so you have to be careful before agreeing), but as it stands now I'm not surprised any of the books I was able to access are not allowed in school libraries (which is what "banned" in this context means, because they are not banned for sale or ownership anywhere in America thanks to the first amendment, you are not banned from providing them to your children, and they're available in most if not all public libraries that are not school libraries), and as they'd be banned if they were all straight sex scenes or straight people saying "cunt" I'm hesitant to claim homophobia specifically, rather I think it's the same run of the mill puritanical views that got Tipper Gore all hot and bothered over Jello Biafra and H. R. Giger.

I wish I could have got access to the entire list, and with a bit of work I probably could, and I think having a centralized place for kids to easily pirate (read: get free access) to these banned books on their own would be a great thing, but I'm not surprised they're banned especially if the rest of the books follow the theme of "sexually explicit regardless of sexuality and contains words that get you sent to the office for repeating."

Yeah, as a parent, I’d be all for my library having a display of banned books. If we took the comic literally, I can’t support teachers choosing books because of an unrelated list like that. However I’m all for anything that will get kids to read and think on their own.