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A few of the books Sarah Palin tried to ban from the Alaska library system.

in-jail:

jessicachu:

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Forever by Judy Blume
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women’s Health Collective
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman
Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff

I’ve read nearly all of them and can’t imagine not. Wtf, a dictionary?



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    I really hope this is wrong…
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  4. crayola reblogged this from adamadam and added:
    why a DICTIONARY?!
  5. ewlaurensmells reblogged this from ifeelweird and added:
    Stole the words right out of my mouth Katie.
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    You’re kidding me;...(LOVE IT) , Canterbury Tales (are you kidding me?) She’s...
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    time gonna teach kids, to travel in time...meet beasts? What is wrong in that? A...
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    reason # 483729847932874937 I think Republicans are fucking morons.
  11. ifeelweird reblogged this from slowsymphonies and added:
    That is absolutely ridiculous.
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  13. skyes reblogged this from in-jail and added:
    I’ve read nearly all of them and can’t imagine not. Wtf, a dictionary?
  14. readallthepages reblogged this from unicornology and added:
    A dictionary? REALLY?!?!?!
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  16. ryandoescomedy reblogged this from ashleyisboss and added:
    well, in her defense, these are all clearly dangerous. i mean that peach was huge. should childen really be exposed to...
  17. verydefinitely reblogged this from yesyes and added:
    I have to say this too: WHAT THE FUCK. I’m not American so I can’t vote but this woman CANNOT be vice-pres. She’s...
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  21. anareta-deactivated20090614-dea reblogged this from electricalgloom and added:
    wow what a dumb cunt
  22. yesyes reblogged this from unicornology and added:
    WHAT THE FUCK. This makes me so angry.
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  24. macnc40 reblogged this from ashleyisboss and added:
    wthhh??! dictionary? waaaowwww… james and the giant peach? LOL hmm, i wonder what source this came from… i’ll google it...
  25. myownmelt reblogged this from ashleyisboss and added:
    I just read this in my e-mail from MoveOn.org, that she tried...wow. wow. & some of the...
  26. ashleyisboss reblogged this from jessicachu and added:
    dictionary? Really? You’ve GOT to be kidding me…?
  27. jessicachu reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Death of a...
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    aaaaajane: commacommachameleon: soupsoup: rach:
  31. futuregnomemaker reblogged this from unicornology and added:
    My friends and I found a copy of Judy Blume’s Forever on the back of the school bus when I was in 5th grade and we...
  32. electricalgloom reblogged this from unicornology and added:
    okay what. i studied canterbury tales AND death of a salesman in high school! you CAN’T do that to Miller, he’s so...
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  34. unicornology reblogged this from aaaaajane and added:
    seriously! this is ridiculous. poor alaska.
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  36. somethingofadreamer reblogged this from bellavita and added:
    James and the Giant Peach??? Wtf?!
  37. labarceloneta reblogged this from bellavita and added:
    Hearing that she wanted to ban the last two the bolded books makes me want to whip out a mirror and check out my vag!...
  38. tabitha reblogged this from spytap and added:
    People should check sources before they post lists like this. As crazy as Sarah Palin is (STRAIGHT-UP CRAZY!!!!!) it’s...
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  42. jmme reblogged this from lavenderlines and added:
    This list is ridiculous. Please Sarah Palin just stay in Alaska.
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  45. ennuiwillrockyou reblogged this from paperbackgirl and added:
    this angries up the blood. wonder if she knows about banned books week (sept. 27 - oct. 4)
  46. turningpages reblogged this from paperbackgirl and added:
    still trying to figure out who on earth thought this woman was a good choice.
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  53. lionsforfrancis reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    What the…, some of my favourites growing up! If these two idiots get the White House, might as well say Heil Hitler! It...
  54. kapitalisthippie reblogged this from shiningstar and added:
    The freaking Color Purple???!!!! I must have read a different Color Purple by Alice Walker…
  55. sonyamcneil reblogged this from thegurglingcod and added:
    Even if this list is real or not the idea of someone trying to ban books because they don’t match their “beliefs” is...
  56. lavenderlines reblogged this from hellovagina and added:
    This disgusts me. This woman makes me ill.
  57. rurorjuror reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Wow. Forever by Judy Blume?! I remember reading that when I was 13, and was all, damn Ms. Blume, orgasms are so 11th...
  58. pocketnovel reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Okay, I couldn’t give two shits about Sarah Palin having a preggo daughter or retarded baby or whatev, but book banning?...
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    Really? Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary?
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    “The source of the list appears to be this site, which I got to from this site, which I found by googling the very first...
  62. reallykatie reblogged this from apsies and added:
    A pretty standard book-burners list, but I really think Bristol should have been able to check a few of these out. No? A...
  63. shiningstar reblogged this from dazzlingdelta and added:
    Ok now this heffa is DEFINITELY on my list. Anyone who tries to ban THE COLOR PURPLE is NOT OKAY WITH ME.
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    You know I’m going to use...this to check out...books that...
  68. spytap reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    I can’t find any reference to this on www.librarian.net I checked both that site and her personal site. Methinks this...
  69. rkb reblogged this from katoleary and added:
    I wonder what’s on her “it’s okay to read” list. To me, the idea of banning books or keeping books from kids, like they...
  70. hellonewworld reblogged this from notarobotbutaghost and added:
    check a few of these out. No? A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Canterbury Tales...
  71. poursoi reblogged this from rach and added:
    actually don’t think that list is accurate. It seems like
  72. katoleary reblogged this from rach and added:
    especially troubling. Why would someone
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  74. liana reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary… that’s the one that has the definition of “Vice President,” right?
  75. sneakyjane reblogged this from rach and added:
    Rep’s have lost their damn minds.
  76. andrearosen reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    To be fair, the sexual connotations in James and the Giant Peach are staggering. I’d also like to suggest Judy Blume’s...
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