Emma: BBC vs. Hollywood
Jane Austen's classic literary masterpieces have been the apples of film producers' eyes since before the days of Netflix marathons. (Oh,...
In Which Weird Al Yankovic Schools Everyone
So, in the last post I expressed my immense dislike of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. And I totally stand by everything I said--that song...
What Happened to Music? Installment 1
For centuries, music has been providing people with happiness, understanding, and solace via the sung word. It has been, and continues to...
Review: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Warning: SPOILERS Oh, Rainbow Rowell, you've done it again. One again, you've written a book that is successfully able to make me laugh...
Banned Book-Of-The-Day: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Reasons for Censorship: Racism “Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this...
Banned Book-Of-The-Day: The Great Gatsby
Reasons for Censorship: Profanity, sexual references “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the...
Banned Book-Of-The-Day: The Diary of Anne Frank
Reasons for Censorship: Sexually explicit “Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.” Book-banners have...
Banned Book-Of-The-Day: Fahrenheit 451
Reasons for Censorship: Offensive language, anti-religious themes “The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of...
Banned Book-Of-The-Day: Of Mice And Men
Reasons for Censorship: Offensive language, racism, violence "As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much...
Banned Book-Of-The-Day: To Kill a Mockingbird
Reasons for Censorship: Offensive language, racism “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”...
