Commenters share personal history with the novel
3 Sep 22 12:43 AM · 2d ago · 4 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 3
Some Reddit commenters describe reading "The Bluest Eye" in middle school and valuing it, pushing back on the idea that it is unsuitable for young readers.
“I read it in middle school nearly the same age as then character. Still one of my favorites my mom bought it for me.”
NyxHemera45Chris Ragsdale Cobb County Schools SuperintendentToni Morrison Author of "The Bluest Eye"PEN America Free-speech advocacy organizationCobb County School District Georgia's second-largest school district
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This is a great book which I first heard about decades ago when they first banned it from some school district or another. Possibly half my fiction reading these days comes from these ban lists, which are a great way to find out about the best books. And then of course I get to recommend the book to others and also ask pro-banners my go-to…
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The second part of the punishment after god made an infant suffer for a week before killing it is that he took david’s concubines (why doesn’t god say no sex slaves? David has like 30 slave wives and he’s still out fucking other women) and had them all raped. God’s penalty fir adultery is death but David’s baby and slave wives are harmed for…
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My mind kind of exploded trying to follow the whole "is the trinity three distinct gods making Christianity evil polytheism or is it one entity with different presentations or did one create the others" thing. It's almost like the canon isn't internally consistent.
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According to some front page groups on this very site, women aren't mature adults capable of making their own decisions until they are 22. Or 25. Or 30. Strangely, many of these groups also claim to hate each other.
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Yes. In the bible god literally tells Moses to kill everyone but to leave the little virgin girls for the soldiers to own as property. Non virgin women were all slaughtered. Read your F-ing bible.
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My 10th grade class read Sula. The content in these books are mature, but high school students should be mature enough to digest and analyze this echelon of content.
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I went to the holocaust museum in like 8th grade with my whole class. I think we're forgetting some of the shit we were shown lol
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I read it in middle school nearly the same age as then character. Still one of my favorites my mom bought it for me.
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WTF. Alas, Babylon is the cheeriest post-nuclear-apocalypse book I've ever read.
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Well, that's the way to spoil a novel... But fuck! When will this nonsense stop?
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