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Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit (www.cbc.ca)
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Explicit sexual content, defined by the province as detailed and clear depictions of sexual acts, including masturbation, penetration and ejaculation, will not be accessible to students in any grade.

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Religious texts, such as the Bible, will be allowed on the shelves.

I'm shocked... really, like, i 100% knew that was going to be in there article. So actually, I'm not shocked. Fuck you Alberta.

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[+] -17 points 1 year ago (19 children)

NGL this sounda like a nothing burger. The news are "Adults Only" books are no longer awolled in schools? What non smutty book even fulfills that criteria?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    All David Gemmells books.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    My brother an I came up with 'Gemmell theory' which breaks down all his characters by archetype. Female archer, strong willed, 'manly' in some regards, yet sexy. Warrior. Has seen some shit, probably had a deal with a demon and/or has a destiny. Bard. Light comic relief. Probably a mate of the warrior. May know a little light magic. You get the idea. I think there are only about 5 archetypes in Gemmell theory.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh for sure. There is of course a gentle-soul warrior that is cursed with killing being his only real talent, and the giant that hide a lot of emotions under surface. Most of his books are very symilar to eachother, to the point that he uses exactly the same comparisons, metaphors and jokes sometimes... I still think he's a master-writer. Gemmel writing heroic fantasy is like Kubrick directing a porn. Genre is not enough to obscure the genius behind it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Oh I think those two are the same as the warrior, lol. My archetypes have a little tolerance. But there's definitely a dual strand -- the 'dark' hero (waylander) and the 'light' one (druss). Both ends up characterised by both aspects usually though, which is why in Gemmell theory they're unified.

    Best one was lion of Macedon. I still think about that sometimes.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Lolita, The French Lieutenant's Woman, IT. All books I read as a teen with explicit sexual content...

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

    And you borrowed these books from your school's library?

    To clarify: You borrowed fucking Lolita from your school's library? And you want other kids to be able to do the same?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

    Yeah. A couple of years after I first read it, I wrote a coursework essay about the unreliable narrator, using Lolita and Pale Fire as my primary texts (the latter also by Nabokov). What's the problem with that? I'm assuming you've not read either if you're getting this outraged, lol

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Ah. We clearly had different experiences of high school. Lmao.

    So is it or is not explicit btw? Does it contain 'detailed and clear depictions of sexual acts, including'? Because you seem to lean into whatever is the opposite of what I say lol. But we're taking about OP.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I mean it's pretty graphic when he compares her ring to a football pump before going into licking it, but it's also hilarious

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I don't know what to tell you. If this metaphor qualifies as a 'detailed and clear' depiction of sex for you, sure I guess? I see what you're saying in that case.

    Maybe I've just been exposed to more clear and detailed written depictions of sex lol.

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  • [+] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Did you reply the wrong comment?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yikes. Glad I'm taking to a lefty and not to a hateful right winger. Lmao.

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  • [+] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Whereas the left get to hate everyone! Even each other! But the hardest part of the hate is reserved for those who would reduce the quality of our experiences by being dickheads. Say, by restricting access to art. I'm with you brother! Let us hate together! Maybe even each other!

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    How did it go again... "I know pornography when I see it.", wasn't it?

    Which, honestly, is actually rather impressive as far as non-answers to things in general go in that it not only made the speaker simultaneously sound both like a condescending prick AND some sort-of super creepy dude who is waaaay too into porn, all while assuring us that these qualities gave them the necessary authority to... Identify porn, I guess? Ya know, like that wood book fellow

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