On November 14, a 20-year-old woman named Lanah Burkhardt appeared before the school board of the Conroe Independent School District in Texas. Burkhardt told the board that, when she was 11, she read a Scholastic book that introduced her to "a single kiss." According to Burkhardt, her exposure to this Scholastic book was directly responsible for her developing a debilitating addiction to pornography.
  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
    173·
    1 year ago

    “ Burkhardt’s appearance was promoted by SkyTree Book Fairs, a newly formed organization marketing itself as “an alternative to the sexually explicit content distributed in Scholastic’s book fairs.””

    Hmmm, so this was a marketing ploy?

        • Telorand@reddthat.com
          151·
          1 year ago

          To be fair, “Degenerate Porn-Addled Lady” is probably really cool.

          This woman, however, is not DPAL and wants to ban books, because she likes the completely unrelated thing: porn. If that’s all it takes, I like pizza, so we should ban the Bible.

        • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world
          10·
          1 year ago

          Sadly, they did:

          Burkhardt’s gambit has already had an impact. The Conroe school board, after listening to her story, voted to restrict access to Drama, the Scholastic book featuring a kiss, from all students in the 8th grade and below. One of the school board members, Melissa Dungan, suggested replacing Scholastic with SkyTree Book Fairs. “All glory to God,” Burkhardt posted in response to the news.

          I hope Scholastic sues them into oblivion.

    • Redhotkurt@kbin.social
      962·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, a marketing ploy by a fascist organization:

      While SkyTree Book Fairs presents itself as an independent non-profit organization, it appears to be a hastily assembled offshoot of Brave Books, which publishes children’s books by right-wing pundits and pseudo-celebrities.

      Fuckin gross.

      • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        251·
        1 year ago

        And there it is, ayup. These people are doing quite the full court press to drag us back into the 50s.

        (1950s? Or 1850s. You decide)

      • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        That sadly worked:

        Burkhardt’s gambit has already had an impact. The Conroe school board, after listening to her story, voted to restrict access to Drama, the Scholastic book featuring a kiss, from all students in the 8th grade and below. One of the school board members, Melissa Dungan, suggested replacing Scholastic with SkyTree Book Fairs. “All glory to God,” Burkhardt posted in response to the news.