By Giovanna Brasolin On Jan. 10, 2022, a Tennessee school district took the graphic novel, Maus, by Art Spiegel out of its eighth-grade curriculum. The reasons for that decision were due to a concern about the novel’s nudity, profanity, and violence. The novel, which was originally published in two volumes in 1986 and 1991, is […]
Should Specific Books be Banned from Schools?
By Rachel Ali rachel.ali@spartans.ut.edu Recently many Conservative Americans have made a call to action to ban books and burn them. Some of the books they plan on removing are said to be explicit. However, with further research, it has been found that many of these books have content concerning the LGBTQ+ community. Some of these […]
How BookTok Revolutionized the Publishing World
By Rachel Giaquinto Decades old books soaring to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, unknown authors becoming overnight sensations, and book sales rocketing to new heights all have one thing in common: BookTok. BookTok is a community made up of book lovers on the social media platform, TikTok. This community began […]
An End to Dr. Seuss Books Due to Cancel Culture
By Leah Mize According to the New York Times, six Dr. Seuss books are not going to be published anymore because of racist depictions of Black Americans and Asian Americans. The reexamination of Theodor Geisel’s work has occurred recently due to these racist depictions. The books, And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street […]
BLM: Books, Movies & Series on Systemic Racism
By Mallory Culhane On Monday, May 25, George Floyd was killed during his arrest by Minneapolis Police Department officers Derek Chuavin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao. I, like many other people around the world, were sickened by the death of George Floyd. As well as the murder of Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and […]