Tag Archives: censorship

Great–Now I’m Hungry for SOPA-PIPAs….

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Shedrick

Okay, so I totally stole that joke from the internetz. It’s still funny. But if the legislation that is being proposed right now actually becomes law, I could be declared a dirty internet pirate whore for posting this. Not my … Continue reading →

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Banned Book Week aka The Geek Gets Political (Again)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Shedrick

I’m generally a pretty even-keeled guy with a live-and-let-live attitude. I also hate getting into political discussions because most of the time they are like religious discussions: people too often stop discussing their points and start trying to convert me … Continue reading →

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YA Lit; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Darkness

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Shedrick

Last night I came across this article via one of the authors I follow on Twitter.  The article is by Meghan Cox Gurdon, who “writes regularly about children’s books” for the Wall Street Journal.  I’ll let you read it, digest it … Continue reading →

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Child-Proofing The World, One Author At A Time…

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Shedrick

There has been a bit of a hub-bub this week surrounding fantasy-erotica author Judy Mays.  A “news” story, published by WNEP in Pennsylvania, has outed Ms. Mays as local 10th-grade English teacher Judy Buranich, purportedly in an attempt to warn parents about … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Moon on WisCon

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Shedrick

Lou Antonelli, Texas sci-fi author and managing editor of the Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune, conducted an interview with fellow Texan and author Elizabeth Moon this past Friday. She discusses the revocation of her invitation to be the Guest of Honor … Continue reading →

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