From the NYT:
The College of Charleston, a public university, provided copies of Ms. Bechdel’s memoir to incoming students for the 2013-14 academic year, as part of its annual College Reads! program that tries to encourage campus-wide discussion around a single book each year. The books are not required reading.
But one state representative, Garry Smith, told South Carolina newspapers this winter that he had received a complaint about “Fun Home” from a constituent whose daughter was a freshman at the college. Mr. Smith contacted the college to ask about other options for College Reads!, and said he was told there were none. Mr. Smith then proposed cutting $52,000 – roughly equivalent to the cost of the reading program, he said – from the college’s $20 million appropriation from the state. The budget cut is now moving through the legislature; South Carolina news media coverage indicates some sizable political support for the cut.
Mr. Smith then proposed cutting $52,000 – roughly equivalent to the cost of the reading program, he said – from the college’s $20 million appropriation from the state. The budget cut is now moving through the legislature; South Carolina news media coverage indicates some sizable political support for the cut.
*chokes*
WHAT. THE. HECK.
Don't read that book or I'll take ALL YOUR TOYS AND SEND YOU HOME.
This is DEEPLY unacceptable bullying.
*implodes*
Posted by: tanita | 18 April 2014 at 08:12 PM
This is COLLEGE.
Go to a different college, then. One that only reads what confirms your own ideas. Or hell, one that doesn't bother with that pesky reading at all.
I am a GIANT SQUID OF ANGER.
Posted by: Ms. Characterized | 18 April 2014 at 11:50 PM