Comments on: Back in the Stacks http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=459 By: shadocat http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-33195 shadocat Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:45:38 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-33195 This makes me so proud-- And that guy for Butterfield Youth Services; wasn't he great? They are a very cool organization that helps a lot of troubled kids and famlies, started by, I believe, one guy wanting to help one homeless kid many years ago. I'd been wondering what if anything had happened with the books---sometimes I really am proud to be a Missouian. (Hey, and now I hear the Mo. house is going to become the second state-after Virgina-to issue a formal apology for slavery to the nation! I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but trust me, for this state, it;s a huge step.) This makes me so proud– And that guy for Butterfield Youth Services; wasn’t he great? They are a very cool organization that helps a lot of troubled kids and famlies, started by, I believe, one guy wanting to help one homeless kid many years ago. I’d been wondering what if anything had happened with the books—sometimes I really am proud to be a Missouian. (Hey, and now I hear the Mo. house is going to become the second state-after Virgina-to issue a formal apology for slavery to the nation! I know it doesn’t sound like a lot, but trust me, for this state, it;s a huge step.)

]]> By: genevieve http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-33157 genevieve Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:14:18 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-33157 Congratulations for getting back on the shelf! And I agree - librarians are among our most ardent protectors of free speech these days. However, I must nitpick. Anyone else distressed that the article mentioned the Board's "ROLE call vote", not once but twice? Like nails on a chalkboard, I tell ya.... Congratulations for getting back on the shelf! And I agree – librarians are among our most ardent protectors of free speech these days.

However, I must nitpick. Anyone else distressed that the article mentioned the Board’s “ROLE call vote”, not once but twice? Like nails on a chalkboard, I tell ya….

]]> By: Eva Whitley http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-33058 Eva Whitley Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:11:02 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-33058 Glad to hear the books are back on the shelves. We had a similar case, locally, some years ago when a woman I knew from the La Leche League got offended by the short story collection "Getting Jesus In The Mood." The crux of her complaint is that the binding (it was a trade edition) made it look like a book for children (!) and she was concerned her daughter might pick it up and read it. It survived the challenge (the woman in question offered to buy all the copies, which I thought missed the point) but I tried checking it out a year later and couldn't do it? Why? All their copies gradually went missing. Make of that what you will. Glad to hear the books are back on the shelves. We had a similar case, locally, some years ago when a woman I knew from the La Leche League got offended by the short story collection “Getting Jesus In The Mood.” The crux of her complaint is that the binding (it was a trade edition) made it look like a book for children (!) and she was concerned her daughter might pick it up and read it.

It survived the challenge (the woman in question offered to buy all the copies, which I thought missed the point) but I tried checking it out a year later and couldn’t do it? Why? All their copies gradually went missing. Make of that what you will.

]]> By: Nick Mullins http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32957 Nick Mullins Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:22:14 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32957 This is really good news. I'm glad the sanctity of libraries can still be protected from the near-sighted. Unfortunately, the Gordon Lee case goes on. Did you hear about this one? Gordon Lee is a comic shop owner in Georgia who handed out an Alternative Comics anthology to a minor for Halloween in 2004. The comic in question had an excerpt from Nick Bertozzi's wonderful comic, The Salon. The scene excerpted shows the meeting between Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, in which Picasso is completely nude. It's a funny scene and totally nonsexual, but Gordon Lee has been brought up on obscenity charges. Some charges have been dismissed, but new ones keep coming in. All because of Picasso's little wang. Why are penises more disturbing than guns? Here's a link: http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000308.shtml This is really good news. I’m glad the sanctity of libraries can still be protected from the near-sighted.

Unfortunately, the Gordon Lee case goes on. Did you hear about this one? Gordon Lee is a comic shop owner in Georgia who handed out an Alternative Comics anthology to a minor for Halloween in 2004. The comic in question had an excerpt from Nick Bertozzi’s wonderful comic, The Salon. The scene excerpted shows the meeting between Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, in which Picasso is completely nude. It’s a funny scene and totally nonsexual, but Gordon Lee has been brought up on obscenity charges. Some charges have been dismissed, but new ones keep coming in. All because of Picasso’s little wang. Why are penises more disturbing than guns?

Here’s a link: http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000308.shtml

]]> By: Amy Crump http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32870 Amy Crump Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:41:58 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32870 Oops! That was embarrassing. I'm not sure if I mis-spoke or if the reporter wrote it down wrong but at any rate -- Fun Home will be in the adult biography section. Oops! That was embarrassing. I’m not sure if I mis-spoke or if the reporter wrote it down wrong but at any rate — Fun Home will be in the adult biography section.

]]> By: Katie http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32786 Katie Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:02:25 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32786 Hi Amy, I think that confusion arises from this quote in the article linked above: ""Fun Home" was, and will remain, in the adult fiction section, according to Crump." Maybe you can help us clarify! It's wonderful to have seen the board come out in support of FH and Blankets! Hi Amy,

I think that confusion arises from this quote in the article linked above:
“”Fun Home” was, and will remain, in the adult fiction section, according to Crump.”

Maybe you can help us clarify! It’s wonderful to have seen the board come out in support of FH and Blankets!

]]> By: sunicarus http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32706 sunicarus Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:11:23 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32706 Thank you, Amy!!! Thank you, Amy!!!

]]> By: Josiah http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32695 Josiah Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:36:08 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32695 Amy, I hope that you don't mind having been "<a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Home" rel="nofollow">Wikipediad</A>" (as Jaibe says) over this — I'm afraid I'm the guilty party. Anyway, congratulations to Marshall for standing against the forces of censorship (slowly, but fairly). So, is a five-month-long removal from circulation enough for <I>Fun Home</I> to count as a "banned book", or is it merely "challenged"? (The ALA discusses the distinction <a HREF="http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm#wdcb" rel="nofollow">here</A>.) Amy, I hope that you don’t mind having been “Wikipediad” (as Jaibe says) over this — I’m afraid I’m the guilty party. Anyway, congratulations to Marshall for standing against the forces of censorship (slowly, but fairly).

So, is a five-month-long removal from circulation enough for Fun Home to count as a “banned book”, or is it merely “challenged”? (The ALA discusses the distinction here.)

]]> By: Amy Crump http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32686 Amy Crump Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:57:09 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32686 Um, Fun Home was returned to the Biography shelves, where it had been before the challenge. I'm not sure where the notion that we would put it in fiction came from. Perhaps because Blankets (although semi-autobiographical) is in the fiction shelves. Um, Fun Home was returned to the Biography shelves, where it had been before the challenge. I’m not sure where the notion that we would put it in fiction came from. Perhaps because Blankets (although semi-autobiographical) is in the fiction shelves.

]]> By: Emily http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32674 Emily Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:07:31 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/back-in-the-stacks#comment-32674 I LOVE the adorable nerdiness of this discussion! Oh, and the quote about librarians is awesome. Don't mess with them... yeah! I think I wanna be a revolutionary librarian, or maybe marry one, or both- we could be a revolutionary librarian couple. I LOVE the adorable nerdiness of this discussion! Oh, and the quote about librarians is awesome. Don’t mess with them… yeah! I think I wanna be a revolutionary librarian, or maybe marry one, or both- we could be a revolutionary librarian couple.

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