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comedian, writer, performer
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Erin Judge is a comedian and writer living in Brooklyn. She writes funny things and then posts them here after they get rejected by the New Yorker or somebody who works in Rockefeller Center. She was born in 1981, but the birth years on Salon's pull-down menu only go up to 1976. Visit http://www.erinjudge.com for more.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010 10:40PM

ban the book

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So my old school district has recently decided to probably not ban the Humanities book, though there will possibly be more hearings on the topic.

I graduated from Plano East Senior High School in 1998. I took Humanities at Clark High School from 1994-1996. And I for one am shocked - SHOCKED! - that they haven't gotten around to banning it yet.

Graphic images like the ones in the Humanities book just confuse young people. For instance:

why david is bad

You can't be showing teenagers a smokin' male bod like that, looking all sexy and confident. For starters, it will make the gayish ones instantly much gayer at an age where their gayness is still totally reversible. Also, look at that defiant mop of hair! It's almost like he's proud of those flowing girly locks! And don't even get me started on the giant marble wang. How is L'il Mary Honors Student supposed to grow up to be a rich successful rich doctor? Not by looking at penises, that's how not. 

Still not convinced? Feast your eyes on this one:

oh dave.

What the shit is that.

For more research and evidence, I typed the word "humanities" into the Google Image search. Here's what came back:

huladyities

Sociology? Literature? Those aren't even real things.  Based on the looks of this chick, what starts with the Humanities probably ends with vegan cooking classes and tantric sex workshops.

I'm just trying to look out for all those kids out there like me. What if I'd been spared this book? It probably never would have occurred to me to kiss girls or practice meditation or do any of the other things that have so completely fucked my life thus far. I live in New York City, for chrissakes. It boggles the mind.

So, in conclusion, I urge PISD to do the right thing, and by "right" I mean "correct" and also "reactionary." Ban the book. Burn all remaining copies. Sounds like a rollicking mandatory pep rally theme to me!

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I hope you blog much more on that kissing girls thing. theres occasionally some otherwise leaning ladies on here but some of em are kinda scary.
as for that "not bein able to concentrate feeling" because of seeing attractive bodies/faces of the opposite sex... I know the feeling. except one doesnt need a textbook for that, its all over the media.
ps I took a tantric sex workshop in boulder once, wink. and you can see how obviously well adjusted I am =)
If this book is being used in high school then I can guarantee that all of them have already seen plenty of penises. I'm not even saying and meaning that they are sluts or anything, but THESE days things are different. I don't know what sex ed was like for you way back in the day, but in the 2000s you have to watch a video about STDs/STIs that shows very graphic pictures. Not only that, but these videos are seen around the 7th grade, so when children are 12 or 13. That may be too young to be exposing children to something so sexual, but by the time they are teenagers in high school they need to know about these dangers and how severe they can be.

Not to mention, those are pieces of art. The human body is beautiful to many people and is used by so many artists.

Being a teenager is all about being confused, about EVERYTHING. If this book does anything besides what it's educational purpose is hopefully it will just help teenagers figure out who they are.
plano, as in plano tx? if so, i rest my case. except austin....and texan girls who kiss girls......and as for that supposed humanities lady off of google- isn't she an alien cast member on "v"? she looks like she eats humans......
I beg to differ, clearly the most graphic part of that statue is the marble pubes, it should be banned for that alone, our innocence is gone...