{"id":449,"date":"2023-09-05T20:13:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressmo.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2023-09-05T20:13:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:13:46","slug":"missouri-tops-for-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/2023\/09\/05\/missouri-tops-for-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Is #1 In School Censorship \u2013 What Are Legislators So Afraid Of?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In August of last year, Missouri\u2019s first statewide law instituting book bans<\/a> went into effect. Since then, Missouri has instituted even stricter laws censoring libraries and schools<\/a>, banned more than 300 books<\/a>, and become number one in America for school censorship<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We reviewed a list of all the books Missouri school districts and libraries have banned since last year<\/a> to figure out what Missouri lawmakers are so scared of<\/strong>. Here\u2019s what we found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superheroes And Other Comics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Some Missouri schools have banned graphic novels featuring superheroes like Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again<\/em>, Fantastic Four<\/em>, and X-Men: Age of X<\/em>. Anthologies of comics like Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere<\/em> and 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die<\/em> have also been banned. Comics are apparently far too serious for Missouri kids to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

School districts around Missouri gained national attention for banning Maus<\/em>, the award-winning collection of graphic novels about the Holocaust. Similar books about the Holocaust, like Holocaust Rescue and Liberation<\/em> and Holocaust Resistance<\/em> have also been banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schools have also banned Annie Leibovitz At Work<\/em>, which features photos of major historic events, like President Nixon\u2019s resignation, Bosnia\u2019s fight for independence, and President Barack Obama\u2019s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Missouri\u2019s book bans have gotten such terrifying titles as 50 Artists You Should Know<\/em>, 50 Paintings You Should Know<\/em>, and 50 Sculptures You Should Know.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids in Missouri shouldn\u2019t just avoid looking at art, but also making it: schools have banned titles like Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renowned Classics About Overzealous Oppressive Governments Like 1984<\/em> and The<\/em> Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Missouri\u2019s book bans included graphic novel depictions of George Orwell\u2019s dystopian classic 1984<\/em> \u2013 where the government controls ideas and speech \u2013 as well as Margaret Atwood\u2019s acclaimed The<\/em> Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But seriously\u2026 is this an SNL skit or is this real life? Do legislators not see the irony?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In August of last year, Missouri\u2019s first statewide law instituting book bans went into effect. Since then, Missouri has instituted even stricter laws censoring libraries and schools, banned more than 300 books, and become number one in America for school censorship. We reviewed a list of all the books Missouri school districts and libraries have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}