Banned Book Week celebrates the importance of our right to intellectual freedom as well as our first amendment. Woo hoo!
But, while Banned Book Week encourages writers and readers alike to express themselves openly through their literary choices, maybe there should be a limit on certain things.
Our headquarters at CollegeCandy sometimes feels more like a landing strip for awkward, often naughty, packages than it does the HQ of a popular college blog.
In our mailbox this week? Pride & Prejudice, written by Mitzi Szereto.
You can imagine my surprise when I walked in and sat down this morning thinking that someone gave me a copy of one of my favorite reads. Err, wrong! This time it’s Pride & Prejudice Hidden Lusts. Szereto has replaced modesty in all my favorite characters with porno-pumping desire.
So, in honor of Banned Book Week, I’d like to share just a few excerpts from this adapted read that exemplify why our intellectual freedom and first amendment rights should only take us so far in the literary world:
From page 53, “A lively and sociable young woman, she had no trouble keeping them all amused, often taking them three at a time, since she saw no point in possessing three openings if they could not all be applied to at once. Wearing only her short stays, she took to the bed with a trio of gentlemen, one lying beneath her, another on top, and still another positioned at her face, their eager members conveniently located within their opening of choice.” Read More »