{"id":3887,"date":"2016-09-27T17:15:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/?p=3887"},"modified":"2017-03-11T00:05:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:05:03","slug":"banned-books-read-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2016\/09\/27\/banned-books-read-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books Read Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate your freedom to read at the Oviatt Library this Friday, September 30 at noon, in the Ferman Presentation Room. \u00a0Free pizza for everyone who joins us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/events\/banned-books-readout-2016\">RSVP here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 50%; height: 50%;\" src=\"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/InfographicTopTen2015.long_.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic about the 10 most frequently challenged books of 2015, from the American Library Association\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" \/><br \/>\n2015 Book Challenges<\/p>\n<p>Of 275 challenges recorded by the American Library Association&#8217;s Office for Intellectual Freedom, the &#8220;2015 Top Ten Most Challenged Books are&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking for Alaska<\/em> by John Green: sexually explicit, offensive language, drugs\/alcohol\/smoking<\/p>\n<p><em>Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em> by E.L. James: sexually explicit<\/p>\n<p><em>I Am Jazz<\/em> by Jessica Herthel &amp; Jazz Jennings: religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group<\/p>\n<p><em>Beyond Magenta<\/em> by Susan Kuklin: religious viewpoint, sex education, homosexuality, offensive, anti-family<\/p>\n<p><em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/em> by Mark Haddon: offensive language, unsuited for age group, atheism<\/p>\n<p><em>Holy Bible<\/em>: religious viewpoint, violence, &#8220;illegal&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Fun Home<\/em> by Alison Bechdel: homosexuality, graphic images, nudity<\/p>\n<p><em>Habibi<\/em> by Craig Thompson: sexually explicit, nudity<\/p>\n<p><em>Nasreen&#8217;s Secret School<\/em> by Jeanette Winter: religious viewpoint, violence, references to Islam<\/p>\n<p><em>Two Boys Kissing<\/em> by David Levithan: homosexuality, condones public displays of affection<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the top ten challenged books include diverse content.<\/p>\n<p>Who challenges books? 40% parent, 27% patron, 10% board\/administration, 6% pressure group, 6% librarian\/teacher, 4% government, 7% other<\/p>\n<p>Where are books challenged? 45% public library, 28% school curriculum, 19% school library, 8% other<\/p>\n<p>Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate your freedom to read at the Oviatt Library this Friday, September 30 at noon, in the Ferman Presentation Room. \u00a0Free pizza for everyone who&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2016\/09\/27\/banned-books-read-out\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Banned Books Read Out<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9],"tags":[27,29,30,87],"class_list":["post-3887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-outreach","category-reading-2","tag-banned-books","tag-banned-books-readout","tag-banned-books-week","tag-fiction-books","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3887"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4006,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887\/revisions\/4006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}