T-Shirt of the Week.
Although I haven't been covering the Higher Power of Lucky controversy here, I have been following it.
If you (somehow) have missed it, Fuse has a great roundup of links here. Oh, and you won't want to miss Neil Gaiman's response.
In a nutshell, some people -- some librarians -- are objecting to the word "scrotum" on the first page of this year's Newbery winner.
All of this led to the recent article in the NYT that included this asinine statement:
Authors of children’s books sometimes sneak in a single touchy word or paragraph, leaving librarians to choose whether to ban an entire book over one offending phrase.
Darn those authors! They're trying to corrupt children with their sneaky ways!
Anyhoo. If you want a specific size, let me know -- the best way of going about it would probably be to email me with the word "scrotum" as a subject heading. I need to find a way of keeping requests straight. Actually, if you've already asked for a tee (regardless of slogan) and I haven't posted it yet, feel free to email the request to me again.
Yay!
Posted by: Gwenda | 22 February 2007 at 10:12 AM
lol
Posted by: Jeremy | 22 February 2007 at 12:39 PM
Lovely! It's just perfect for that special children's book author in your life looking for something to lounge around in while he's trying to come up with a way to sneak the word "labia" into his next picture book.
Posted by: Andrew Karre | 22 February 2007 at 03:19 PM
Interesting. I always "direct to junk" my scrotal emails.
Posted by: Lauren | 22 February 2007 at 04:40 PM
That shirt rocks! How can I get one?!?!
Posted by: Emma | 22 February 2007 at 04:55 PM
If your size isn't currently at my Etsy shop (click any of the pictures of the tees -- also on sidebar), just email me (leila_roy AT hotmail DOT com) your t-shirt size. It will help me a whole lot if you put the slogan in the subject heading when you email me. Thanks!
Posted by: Leila | 22 February 2007 at 05:02 PM
Your t-shirts rock my world! I don't know if I could come up with such great slogans. I would love this shirt, but I don't think it would fly in my K-6 elementary school. I can't wait to read the book, though.
Posted by: Lady S | 23 February 2007 at 10:56 AM
oh my god, can I buy a "trust snape" shirt? I would love one.
Posted by: mallory | 23 February 2007 at 12:52 PM
over in Australia, if ever we have a call for censorship (which is rare!), it's usually some pompous parent; librarians are all for free speech.
Posted by: oz | 04 March 2007 at 08:52 PM
can i get a medium size in that shirt
Posted by: jammabyoi | 21 March 2008 at 09:27 PM