Banned Books Week 2: Politics and challenges

I knew, as soon as I started seeing media reports about this, that I wanted to spend at least a little time this year talking about the Sarah Palin censorship related issues – and some other stuff that’s related.

The myth:

As many of you may have seen, there’s been emails flying around about . . . → Read More: Banned Books Week 2: Politics and challenges

Banned Books Week – an overview

Every year the American Library Association (hereafter the ALA) and many public, school, and other libraries, call attention to issues of censorship and freedom of information issues with Banned Books Week. And every year since 2005, I have made a series of posts during this week talking about some of these issues in my . . . → Read More: Banned Books Week – an overview

Libraries and filters: a quick guideline

A post on a local list about a library filter blocking the Covenant of the Goddess website got me making a lengthy post about the issues of freedom of information access, libraries, and filters – here’s an introduction to the issues and some specific things Pagans might want to be aware of. . . . → Read More: Libraries and filters: a quick guideline

New pages!

Yesterday, as I mentioned, I got an email asking me about book suggestions. This turned out to be a surprisingly good motivator to get something done I’d been meaning to do for several months, which was to actually write up commentary on books I’d generally recommend.

There are four pages:

Book Suggestions talks about . . . → Read More: New pages!

Why I have trouble recommending books

I got a comment on my Critical Reading and Pagan Books article today that reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to post. Namely – why I have trouble recommending books to people who ask “I’m new to Paganism, where do I start?” . . . → Read More: Why I have trouble recommending books

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