The challenge I wrote about in my paper

The challenge I wrote about took place in Arkansas in 2005. A woman challenged three books at a school library: It's Perfectly Normal was one of them. After finding some initial articles through ProQuest, I used Google to search for further information and found some websites put up by the group making the challenge:

This is an example of one of them: Thirty-five shocking pornographic books in Fayetteville School Library!

They excerpted passages they found objectionable and posted them on the Internet.

I was surprised how many of the other websites I found in support of removing these books were simply reposts of a single editorial article (of uncertain origin) - the groups or individuals weren't coming up with their own material to support banning these books; they were just reposting and spreading something already written. I guess this is typical of email and blogging in general- forwarding items to others can make it easier to spread your point of view. But it also breeds mistakes and spreads inaccuracies and specious thinking.

The main reflection I find myself making about my paper and topic is my own personal lack of sympathy for parents. I don't have any kids, so I don't spend a lot of time contemplating what I would or would not want those kids to read. I don't identify with any sort of outrage about books being inappropriate for age groups. So it makes it a challenge for me to be sympathetic.