{"id":14516,"date":"2024-08-02T11:22:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=14516"},"modified":"2024-08-15T15:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:56:05","slug":"lets-talk-about-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/lets-talk-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2024 &#8211; Let&#8217;s Talk About It: The Teen&#8217;s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<div>\n                                            \n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2024\/author\/\">2024 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2024\/title\/\">2024 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><hr \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2024\/08\/lets-talk-about-it.jpg\" alt=\"let's talk about it book cover\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2351\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<p>Banned and challenged for being sexually explicit, dealing with sex education and LGBTQIA+ content.<\/p>\n<p>This comprehensive, thoughtful, well-researched graphic novel was written to help teens navigate friendships, relationships, jealousy, rejection, body image, gender, sexuality, and sex.<\/p>\n<p>On April 4, the mayor of Anderson County (TN) and four county commissioners asked the sheriff to investigate whether 17 titles in the county\u2019s four public libraries violated state obscenity laws. The titles included <strong>Let\u2019s Talk About It<\/strong>. While three of the books had previously been challenged and retained without restriction at the Clinton Public Library, the other titles had not been formally challenged. According to County Commissioner Stephen Verran, the list of titles was compiled by the Republican<br \/>\nNational Committee. The sheriff\u2019s office found no grounds to pursue criminal charges. <strong>Let\u2019s Talk About It<\/strong> and the other titles were retained.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 15, 2024<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14516","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14516"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14585,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14516\/revisions\/14585"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}