Seriously with the book banning ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM confirmed by a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports.”

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

Let's get the facts straight here....

The book the teacher read was not The Diary of Anne Frank, it was Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.

chron.com/news/houston-t…

Which includes a depiction of molestation.

x.com/HollyBriden/st…

The teacher asked students to discuss the molestation
outlookindia.com/international/…

Yes let’s get it straight. The nudes depicted in the comic are pictures of classical statues. Completely ridiculous.

Not appropriate:

The controversial assignment came to light when students were asked to read a passage from the "unapproved" book during class, which prompted concerns from parents. The specific text in question was a diary entry written by Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her experiences hiding from Nazis in an attic in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. This passage contained explicit descriptions of male and female genitalia, according to reports reportedThe mother of twin brothers in the eighth-grade class, Amy Manuel, expressed her dismay, stating that her sons came home and disclosed that the teacher had made them read the sexually explicit passage aloud. Manuel said, "I mean it's bad enough she's having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud and making a little girl talk about feeling each other's breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that's not OK."

I disagree. I think it’s fine. I remember reading Ethan Frome and talking about the significance and symbolism of the shriveled cucumber over the door. I think it was 9th grade. A 14 year old should be able to read an extremely tame passage about a peer having emotions and questions about their body.
Nothing graphic is depicted. The parent sheltering their little lamb from this material is raising a boy that can’t have a mature discussion about sex. And we wonder why boys have trouble with consent… it’s difficult to talk about consent, if discussing sex is so incredibly stigmatized.

Nope. You’re nuts. There are thousands of books a teacher can choose that won’t make kids and parents uncomfortable. Your kids can read this at home.

Who knows these days. There's a school district that banned a photograph of the statue of David. Another one is banning Anne Frank. There is a school district that banned the Paperbag Princess. It's a freaking board book! It's a story about a princess who rescues a prince while wearing a paper bag. The prince is ungrateful because she is underdressed. That's it! FFS people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM confirmed by a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports.”

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

Let's get the facts straight here....

The book the teacher read was not The Diary of Anne Frank, it was Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.

chron.com/news/houston-t…

Which includes a depiction of molestation.

x.com/HollyBriden/st…

The teacher asked students to discuss the molestation
outlookindia.com/international/…

Yes let’s get it straight. The nudes depicted in the comic are pictures of classical statues. Completely ridiculous.

Not appropriate:

The controversial assignment came to light when students were asked to read a passage from the "unapproved" book during class, which prompted concerns from parents. The specific text in question was a diary entry written by Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her experiences hiding from Nazis in an attic in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. This passage contained explicit descriptions of male and female genitalia, according to reports reportedThe mother of twin brothers in the eighth-grade class, Amy Manuel, expressed her dismay, stating that her sons came home and disclosed that the teacher had made them read the sexually explicit passage aloud. Manuel said, "I mean it's bad enough she's having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud and making a little girl talk about feeling each other's breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that's not OK."

I disagree. I think it’s fine. I remember reading Ethan Frome and talking about the significance and symbolism of the shriveled cucumber over the door. I think it was 9th grade. A 14 year old should be able to read an extremely tame passage about a peer having emotions and questions about their body.
Nothing graphic is depicted. The parent sheltering their little lamb from this material is raising a boy that can’t have a mature discussion about sex. And we wonder why boys have trouble with consent… it’s difficult to talk about consent, if discussing sex is so incredibly stigmatized.

Nope. You’re nuts. There are thousands of books a teacher can choose that won’t make kids and parents uncomfortable. Your kids can read this at home.

Who knows these days. There's a school district that banned a photograph of the statue of David. Another one is banning Anne Frank. There is a school district that banned the Paperbag Princess. It's a freaking board book! It's a story about a princess who rescues a prince while wearing a paper bag. The prince is ungrateful because she is underdressed. That's it! FFS people.

they are not banning Anne Frank they are punishing a teacher who used an unauthorized book, a graphic novel about Anne Frank. Her diary was not a. Graphic novel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM confirmed by a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports.”

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

Let's get the facts straight here....

The book the teacher read was not The Diary of Anne Frank, it was Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.

chron.com/news/houston-t…

Which includes a depiction of molestation.

x.com/HollyBriden/st…

The teacher asked students to discuss the molestation
outlookindia.com/international/…

Yes let’s get it straight. The nudes depicted in the comic are pictures of classical statues. Completely ridiculous.

Not appropriate:

The controversial assignment came to light when students were asked to read a passage from the "unapproved" book during class, which prompted concerns from parents. The specific text in question was a diary entry written by Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her experiences hiding from Nazis in an attic in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. This passage contained explicit descriptions of male and female genitalia, according to reports reportedThe mother of twin brothers in the eighth-grade class, Amy Manuel, expressed her dismay, stating that her sons came home and disclosed that the teacher had made them read the sexually explicit passage aloud. Manuel said, "I mean it's bad enough she's having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud and making a little girl talk about feeling each other's breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that's not OK."

I disagree. I think it’s fine. I remember reading Ethan Frome and talking about the significance and symbolism of the shriveled cucumber over the door. I think it was 9th grade. A 14 year old should be able to read an extremely tame passage about a peer having emotions and questions about their body.
Nothing graphic is depicted. The parent sheltering their little lamb from this material is raising a boy that can’t have a mature discussion about sex. And we wonder why boys have trouble with consent… it’s difficult to talk about consent, if discussing sex is so incredibly stigmatized.

Nope. You’re nuts. There are thousands of books a teacher can choose that won’t make kids and parents uncomfortable. Your kids can read this at home.

You are not in the majority here. Most of us want kids that are well read. Great literature makes you think. It can absolutely make you uncomfortable. The history of slavery in this country is uncomfortable, and that’s ok. It’s ok for your little darling to feel uncomfortable. They might open their mind, they might become a critical thinker. They might become a better person, than the one your are raising them to be.

DP. Are you advocating for the written word to be treated the same as images? Because historically we treat them differently. And we label graphic works with age or maturity levels. These graphic novels would all be considered inappropriate for schools if they were a movie or video, fwiw.

Why is a cartoon image worse than a textual description of the same thing? Can you articulate the reasons why you believe that to be the case?

are you serious? That’s like asking what’s the difference between describing child sexual abuse vs a cartoon depiction of it which would be illegal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And now in NC they've gone and banned a book about a crayon.

A CRAYON fgs

You people are cray cray

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/childrens-book-banned-some-cms-students-parent-complaints/275-200857f3-d2a3-4916-95c4-47985bc39ba4

Because the book was read to kids in k-4 and is an allegory to gender transition

[Anonymous]

We understand the goal here.....

It is an effort to normalize trans, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, and other behaviors that have been traditionally unaccepted.

The good news is that most of the public doesn't approve of this nonsense. And, the one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that parents were alerted to the crap being fed to their kids and are now paying more attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We understand the goal here.....

It is an effort to normalize trans, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, and other behaviors that have been traditionally unaccepted.

The good news is that most of the public doesn't approve of this nonsense. And, the one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that parents were alerted to the crap being fed to their kids and are now paying more attention.

Did you just equate sex without marriage and trans to pedophilia?

Yes, you did. And that is why nothing you say should be taken seriously because you are either an imbecile or a fraud. Possibly both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We understand the goal here.....

It is an effort to normalize trans, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, and other behaviors that have been traditionally unaccepted.

The good news is that most of the public doesn't approve of this nonsense. And, the one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that parents were alerted to the crap being fed to their kids and are now paying more attention.

Did you just equate sex without marriage and trans to pedophilia?

Yes, you did. And that is why nothing you say should be taken seriously because you are either an imbecile or a fraud. Possibly both.

When any of these things are being promoted to children as "normal," yes.... they are all bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM confirmed by a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports.”

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

Let's get the facts straight here....

The book the teacher read was not The Diary of Anne Frank, it was Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.

chron.com/news/houston-t…

Which includes a depiction of molestation.

x.com/HollyBriden/st…

The teacher asked students to discuss the molestation
outlookindia.com/international/…

Yes let’s get it straight. The nudes depicted in the comic are pictures of classical statues. Completely ridiculous.

Not appropriate:

The controversial assignment came to light when students were asked to read a passage from the "unapproved" book during class, which prompted concerns from parents. The specific text in question was a diary entry written by Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her experiences hiding from Nazis in an attic in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. This passage contained explicit descriptions of male and female genitalia, according to reports reportedThe mother of twin brothers in the eighth-grade class, Amy Manuel, expressed her dismay, stating that her sons came home and disclosed that the teacher had made them read the sexually explicit passage aloud. Manuel said, "I mean it's bad enough she's having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud and making a little girl talk about feeling each other's breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that's not OK."

I disagree. I think it’s fine. I remember reading Ethan Frome and talking about the significance and symbolism of the shriveled cucumber over the door. I think it was 9th grade. A 14 year old should be able to read an extremely tame passage about a peer having emotions and questions about their body.
Nothing graphic is depicted. The parent sheltering their little lamb from this material is raising a boy that can’t have a mature discussion about sex. And we wonder why boys have trouble with consent… it’s difficult to talk about consent, if discussing sex is so incredibly stigmatized.

Nope. You’re nuts. There are thousands of books a teacher can choose that won’t make kids and parents uncomfortable. Your kids can read this at home.

You are not in the majority here. Most of us want kids that are well read. Great literature makes you think. It can absolutely make you uncomfortable. The history of slavery in this country is uncomfortable, and that’s ok. It’s ok for your little darling to feel uncomfortable. They might open their mind, they might become a critical thinker. They might become a better person, than the one your are raising them to be.

DP. Are you advocating for the written word to be treated the same as images? Because historically we treat them differently. And we label graphic works with age or maturity levels. These graphic novels would all be considered inappropriate for schools if they were a movie or video, fwiw.

There is nothing “graphic” depicted in this specific work. Yes it’s a graphic novel, but it doesn’t show anything sexually suggestive. The mom was upset that her child had to read aloud. The words are the words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM confirmed by a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports.”

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

Let's get the facts straight here....

The book the teacher read was not The Diary of Anne Frank, it was Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.

chron.com/news/houston-t…

Which includes a depiction of molestation.

x.com/HollyBriden/st…

The teacher asked students to discuss the molestation
outlookindia.com/international/…

Yes let’s get it straight. The nudes depicted in the comic are pictures of classical statues. Completely ridiculous.

Not appropriate:

The controversial assignment came to light when students were asked to read a passage from the "unapproved" book during class, which prompted concerns from parents. The specific text in question was a diary entry written by Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her experiences hiding from Nazis in an attic in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. This passage contained explicit descriptions of male and female genitalia, according to reports reportedThe mother of twin brothers in the eighth-grade class, Amy Manuel, expressed her dismay, stating that her sons came home and disclosed that the teacher had made them read the sexually explicit passage aloud. Manuel said, "I mean it's bad enough she's having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud and making a little girl talk about feeling each other's breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that's not OK."

I disagree. I think it’s fine. I remember reading Ethan Frome and talking about the significance and symbolism of the shriveled cucumber over the door. I think it was 9th grade. A 14 year old should be able to read an extremely tame passage about a peer having emotions and questions about their body.
Nothing graphic is depicted. The parent sheltering their little lamb from this material is raising a boy that can’t have a mature discussion about sex. And we wonder why boys have trouble with consent… it’s difficult to talk about consent, if discussing sex is so incredibly stigmatized.

Nope. You’re nuts. There are thousands of books a teacher can choose that won’t make kids and parents uncomfortable. Your kids can read this at home.

You are not in the majority here. Most of us want kids that are well read. Great literature makes you think. It can absolutely make you uncomfortable. The history of slavery in this country is uncomfortable, and that’s ok. It’s ok for your little darling to feel uncomfortable. They might open their mind, they might become a critical thinker. They might become a better person, than the one your are raising them to be.

DP. Are you advocating for the written word to be treated the same as images? Because historically we treat them differently. And we label graphic works with age or maturity levels. These graphic novels would all be considered inappropriate for schools if they were a movie or video, fwiw.

There is nothing “graphic” depicted in this specific work. Yes it’s a graphic novel, but it doesn’t show anything sexually suggestive. The mom was upset that her child had to read aloud. The words are the words.

What if a teacher had a student read the words of the second amendment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We understand the goal here.....

It is an effort to normalize trans, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, and other behaviors that have been traditionally unaccepted.

The good news is that most of the public doesn't approve of this nonsense. And, the one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that parents were alerted to the crap being fed to their kids and are now paying more attention.

Did you just equate sex without marriage and trans to pedophilia?

Yes, you did. And that is why nothing you say should be taken seriously because you are either an imbecile or a fraud. Possibly both.

When any of these things are being promoted to children as "normal," yes.... they are all bad.

You know, every time I feel myself wanting to hit my head against a wall after one of you MAGA describes the world you want to live in - I try to remind myself how Ds have outperformed basically every election since you lunatics arose from your fetid nightmare hellhole, and I start feeling just a little better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM confirmed by a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports.”

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

Let's get the facts straight here....

The book the teacher read was not The Diary of Anne Frank, it was Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.

chron.com/news/houston-t…

Which includes a depiction of molestation.

x.com/HollyBriden/st…

The teacher asked students to discuss the molestation
outlookindia.com/international/…

Yes let’s get it straight. The nudes depicted in the comic are pictures of classical statues. Completely ridiculous.

Not appropriate:

The controversial assignment came to light when students were asked to read a passage from the "unapproved" book during class, which prompted concerns from parents. The specific text in question was a diary entry written by Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her experiences hiding from Nazis in an attic in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. This passage contained explicit descriptions of male and female genitalia, according to reports reportedThe mother of twin brothers in the eighth-grade class, Amy Manuel, expressed her dismay, stating that her sons came home and disclosed that the teacher had made them read the sexually explicit passage aloud. Manuel said, "I mean it's bad enough she's having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud and making a little girl talk about feeling each other's breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that's not OK."

I disagree. I think it’s fine. I remember reading Ethan Frome and talking about the significance and symbolism of the shriveled cucumber over the door. I think it was 9th grade. A 14 year old should be able to read an extremely tame passage about a peer having emotions and questions about their body.
Nothing graphic is depicted. The parent sheltering their little lamb from this material is raising a boy that can’t have a mature discussion about sex. And we wonder why boys have trouble with consent… it’s difficult to talk about consent, if discussing sex is so incredibly stigmatized.

Nope. You’re nuts. There are thousands of books a teacher can choose that won’t make kids and parents uncomfortable. Your kids can read this at home.

You are not in the majority here. Most of us want kids that are well read. Great literature makes you think. It can absolutely make you uncomfortable. The history of slavery in this country is uncomfortable, and that’s ok. It’s ok for your little darling to feel uncomfortable. They might open their mind, they might become a critical thinker. They might become a better person, than the one your are raising them to be.

DP. Are you advocating for the written word to be treated the same as images? Because historically we treat them differently. And we label graphic works with age or maturity levels. These graphic novels would all be considered inappropriate for schools if they were a movie or video, fwiw.

There is nothing “graphic” depicted in this specific work. Yes it’s a graphic novel, but it doesn’t show anything sexually suggestive. The mom was upset that her child had to read aloud. The words are the words.

What if a teacher had a student read the words of the second amendment?

Or certain parts of the Bible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We understand the goal here.....

It is an effort to normalize trans, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, and other behaviors that have been traditionally unaccepted.

The good news is that most of the public doesn't approve of this nonsense. And, the one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that parents were alerted to the crap being fed to their kids and are now paying more attention.

You elected a rapist, he’s still your front runner and one of your representatives just gave a handy in a public theater. You have no morals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We understand the goal here.....

It is an effort to normalize trans, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, and other behaviors that have been traditionally unaccepted.

The good news is that most of the public doesn't approve of this nonsense. And, the one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that parents were alerted to the crap being fed to their kids and are now paying more attention.

Did you just equate sex without marriage and trans to pedophilia?

Yes, you did. And that is why nothing you say should be taken seriously because you are either an imbecile or a fraud. Possibly both.

When any of these things are being promoted to children as "normal," yes.... they are all bad.

You know, every time I feel myself wanting to hit my head against a wall after one of you MAGA describes the world you want to live in - I try to remind myself how Ds have outperformed basically every election since you lunatics arose from your fetid nightmare hellhole, and I start feeling just a little better.

At some point, the Republican party will stop being so stupid about abortion. And then, when that issue is no longer the single issue for the majority of voters, then Democrats will find out how their school extremism works for them. In the meantime, you could try listening. Maybe? For a change?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We understand the goal here.....

It is an effort to normalize trans, sexual promiscuity, pedophilia, and other behaviors that have been traditionally unaccepted.

The good news is that most of the public doesn't approve of this nonsense. And, the one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that parents were alerted to the crap being fed to their kids and are now paying more attention.

Did you just equate sex without marriage and trans to pedophilia?

Yes, you did. And that is why nothing you say should be taken seriously because you are either an imbecile or a fraud. Possibly both.

When any of these things are being promoted to children as "normal," yes.... they are all bad.

You know, every time I feel myself wanting to hit my head against a wall after one of you MAGA describes the world you want to live in - I try to remind myself how Ds have outperformed basically every election since you lunatics arose from your fetid nightmare hellhole, and I start feeling just a little better.

At some point, the Republican party will stop being so stupid about abortion. And then, when that issue is no longer the single issue for the majority of voters, then Democrats will find out how their school extremism works for them. In the meantime, you could try listening. Maybe? For a change?

Hahaha and when exactly do you think the R party is going to stop being so stupid about abortion? The extremism of wanting kids to be able to read and have some literacy about culture and history?

And just lolololol at how out of touch you are that you think WE are the extremists who need to listen! The irony!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM confirmed by a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports.”

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php

Let's get the facts straight here....

The book the teacher read was not The Diary of Anne Frank, it was Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.

chron.com/news/houston-t…

Which includes a depiction of molestation.

x.com/HollyBriden/st…

The teacher asked students to discuss the molestation
outlookindia.com/international/…

Yes let’s get it straight. The nudes depicted in the comic are pictures of classical statues. Completely ridiculous.

Not appropriate:

The controversial assignment came to light when students were asked to read a passage from the "unapproved" book during class, which prompted concerns from parents. The specific text in question was a diary entry written by Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her experiences hiding from Nazis in an attic in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. This passage contained explicit descriptions of male and female genitalia, according to reports reportedThe mother of twin brothers in the eighth-grade class, Amy Manuel, expressed her dismay, stating that her sons came home and disclosed that the teacher had made them read the sexually explicit passage aloud. Manuel said, "I mean it's bad enough she's having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud and making a little girl talk about feeling each other's breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that's not OK."

I disagree. I think it’s fine. I remember reading Ethan Frome and talking about the significance and symbolism of the shriveled cucumber over the door. I think it was 9th grade. A 14 year old should be able to read an extremely tame passage about a peer having emotions and questions about their body.
Nothing graphic is depicted. The parent sheltering their little lamb from this material is raising a boy that can’t have a mature discussion about sex. And we wonder why boys have trouble with consent… it’s difficult to talk about consent, if discussing sex is so incredibly stigmatized.

Nope. You’re nuts. There are thousands of books a teacher can choose that won’t make kids and parents uncomfortable. Your kids can read this at home.

Who knows these days. There's a school district that banned a photograph of the statue of David. Another one is banning Anne Frank. There is a school district that banned the Paperbag Princess. It's a freaking board book! It's a story about a princess who rescues a prince while wearing a paper bag. The prince is ungrateful because she is underdressed. That's it! FFS people.

People are probably banning Paperbag Princess because it’s way too feminist. Can’t have those little girls upending the trope of the helpless princess be rescued; they might get ideas!