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	<title>Comments on: Break the Rules: Banned Books Week</title>
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		<title>By: Laura</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/28/break-the-rules-banned-books-weeks/#comment-65449</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, if ever a book should be banned... it would be twilight. 
 
Not for sexual content, obviously, considering that there IS NONE, but for the simple fact that it&#039;s an all around horrible series. 
 
And, as another commenter mentioned, the relationship portrayed as an ideal to strive for, indeed, as &quot;True Love (tm)&quot; is staggeringly unhealthy and fraught with emotionally abusive undertones.  Bonus points for the fact that the principal character defines herself entirely by her relationship with men, particularly her boyfriend. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, if ever a book should be banned&#8230; it would be twilight.</p>
<p>Not for sexual content, obviously, considering that there IS NONE, but for the simple fact that it&#039;s an all around horrible series.</p>
<p>And, as another commenter mentioned, the relationship portrayed as an ideal to strive for, indeed, as &quot;True Love &#8482;&quot; is staggeringly unhealthy and fraught with emotionally abusive undertones.  Bonus points for the fact that the principal character defines herself entirely by her relationship with men, particularly her boyfriend.</p>
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		<title>By: 10 Things We Should Ban Instead Of Books : College Candy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[10 Things We Should Ban Instead Of Books : College Candy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] October 12, 2009 - 4:00 pm By Brithny - Duke University Having just &#8220;celebrated&#8221; banned books week in America, I started thinking about the importance of reading, the beauty of stories and how much [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] October 12, 2009 &#8211; 4:00 pm By Brithny &#8211; Duke University Having just &#8220;celebrated&#8221; banned books week in America, I started thinking about the importance of reading, the beauty of stories and how much [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Brianna</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/28/break-the-rules-banned-books-weeks/#comment-56931</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#039;t believe &quot;The Lovely Bones&quot; &amp; &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird&quot; are on the list. &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird&quot; is my favorite book and teaches readers of all ages a culture lesson. I can kind of understand &quot;Gossip Girl&quot; and &quot;Twilight&quot;. Even though, &quot;Gossip Girl&quot; was so entertaining. &quot;Twilight&quot; is not a shocker that it&#039;s on the list because some people are afraid of anything paranormal even if it&#039;s fiction. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#039;t believe &quot;The Lovely Bones&quot; &amp; &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird&quot; are on the list. &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird&quot; is my favorite book and teaches readers of all ages a culture lesson. I can kind of understand &quot;Gossip Girl&quot; and &quot;Twilight&quot;. Even though, &quot;Gossip Girl&quot; was so entertaining. &quot;Twilight&quot; is not a shocker that it&#039;s on the list because some people are afraid of anything paranormal even if it&#039;s fiction.</p>
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		<title>By: Carah</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/28/break-the-rules-banned-books-weeks/#comment-55838</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Kill a Mockingbird, really pp? I dont understand why pp think banning books is a good idea! Rascism is very alive, I am twenty and a relitive offered to let me stay with them so that I would not have to pay so much in rent, and they told me the condition would be &quot;no Blacks&quot; and this was literally just yesterday!  
and Twilight although I thought they were utter trash and lacked any literary value, as such, they are books and reading of any kind is good for pp,  if they didnt want one of the Twilights Ie. the last one, were Bella is all but passed around and there is a hint of sex. fine but the other three!?! For real!  
I have that pp think its ok to ban any books if a middle school or elementary school thinks the books is not age appropriate fine!, but any and all other reasons should stop at the door, and the parents need to pay attention to what thier kids are reading. As for high Schoolers, at that age if I think it might be a bit pointless for books to be banned from thier library, they are old enough, for the most part and if they arent and they read it, well i believe some Higher Power is at work then, and maybe they will grow from it! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Kill a Mockingbird, really pp? I dont understand why pp think banning books is a good idea! Rascism is very alive, I am twenty and a relitive offered to let me stay with them so that I would not have to pay so much in rent, and they told me the condition would be &quot;no Blacks&quot; and this was literally just yesterday! </p>
<p>and Twilight although I thought they were utter trash and lacked any literary value, as such, they are books and reading of any kind is good for pp,  if they didnt want one of the Twilights Ie. the last one, were Bella is all but passed around and there is a hint of sex. fine but the other three!?! For real! </p>
<p>I have that pp think its ok to ban any books if a middle school or elementary school thinks the books is not age appropriate fine!, but any and all other reasons should stop at the door, and the parents need to pay attention to what thier kids are reading. As for high Schoolers, at that age if I think it might be a bit pointless for books to be banned from thier library, they are old enough, for the most part and if they arent and they read it, well i believe some Higher Power is at work then, and maybe they will grow from it!</p>
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		<title>By: Vee</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/28/break-the-rules-banned-books-weeks/#comment-55804</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;if your lucky enough...&quot; Your lucky, or my lucky?  
Obviously SOMEBODY needs to take her own advice and start reading more, if only to grasp the basics of English grammar. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;if your lucky enough&#8230;&quot; Your lucky, or my lucky? </p>
<p>Obviously SOMEBODY needs to take her own advice and start reading more, if only to grasp the basics of English grammar.</p>
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		<title>By: john</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I LUV BANNED BOOKZ MY FAVORITE IS THE JOY OF SEX ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I LUV BANNED BOOKZ MY FAVORITE IS THE JOY OF SEX</p>
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		<title>By: Dia</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/28/break-the-rules-banned-books-weeks/#comment-55624</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huck Finn is the the most challenged book and is always on the list. but the lovely bones is such a good book ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Huck Finn is the the most challenged book and is always on the list. but the lovely bones is such a good book</p>
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		<title>By: B</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Lord I&#039;ve read every one of those books... and TKAM was required reading in my 9th grade lit class.   
 
Alisha- I agree that Twilight should be banned from younger libraries- maybe give it to the kiddies around 15. But not so much for your reasons, but because it portrays as completely psychotic/co-dependent/suicidal angst as OK.  Apparently that&#039;s Stephenie Meyer&#039;s ideal of &quot;true love&quot; however, as much as I love the books, I find it pathetic. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Lord I&#039;ve read every one of those books&#8230; and TKAM was required reading in my 9th grade lit class.  </p>
<p>Alisha- I agree that Twilight should be banned from younger libraries- maybe give it to the kiddies around 15. But not so much for your reasons, but because it portrays as completely psychotic/co-dependent/suicidal angst as OK.  Apparently that&#039;s Stephenie Meyer&#039;s ideal of &quot;true love&quot; however, as much as I love the books, I find it pathetic.</p>
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		<title>By: Alisha</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/28/break-the-rules-banned-books-weeks/#comment-55606</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I do not agree with the banning of ANY books, I do strongly feel that twilight books are inappropriate for younger girls, not because of sexual content, which girls can and will find anywhere they wish to look, but because it portrays a relationship where the man is in power over the woman, this is a constant theme in the books and it can&#039;t be ignored. While I, at age 19, have enjoyed the twilight books and can see that that type of behavior from males is unacceptable, younger minds may not be able to see that as clearly. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although I do not agree with the banning of ANY books, I do strongly feel that twilight books are inappropriate for younger girls, not because of sexual content, which girls can and will find anywhere they wish to look, but because it portrays a relationship where the man is in power over the woman, this is a constant theme in the books and it can&#039;t be ignored. While I, at age 19, have enjoyed the twilight books and can see that that type of behavior from males is unacceptable, younger minds may not be able to see that as clearly.</p>
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		<title>By: Becca</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/28/break-the-rules-banned-books-weeks/#comment-55594</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Try including a few more books of actually merit please, rather than just teen popcorn reading.  How about Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit 451, A Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, Huckleberry Finn, etc.  You know-- Real literature. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Try including a few more books of actually merit please, rather than just teen popcorn reading.  How about Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit 451, A Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, Huckleberry Finn, etc.  You know&#8211; Real literature.</p>
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