Comments on: scrotum!

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:15:22 +0000

Yes, it is important to protect our children from books. We must insure they learn about their body parts from other kids…

And people wonder why this country is in trouble…

By: scrotum is just another word for sac « We read banned books, and other stuff too…

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:51:58 +0000

[...] reading many articles (New York Times Books, Librarian.net, American Libraries) on the hullabaloo about The Higher Power of Lucky, I finally was able to get [...]

By: Transfer Money WebLog » Blog Archive » All about Networking

Transfer Money WebLog » Blog Archive » All about Networking — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:47:35 +0000

[...] librarian.net » Blog Archive » scrotum! After some thought the little boy said turn mommy over I’d rather have a puppy! … I tried to write a comment here earlier, it got lost in the spamblocker, so I rewrote it as a post on … http://www.librarian.net/stax/1978/scrotum/ [...]

By: Hats off to Tipper & the PMRC « Robotic Librarian

Hats off to Tipper & the PMRC « Robotic Librarian — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:15:26 +0000

[...] So far the only naughtiness to appear in my blog is the word “cocaine” and that isn’t even part of a post, just a link in my blogroll. I thought drug references automatically score at least a PG-13, but I guess I can’t always believe what I read. Plus after the controversy over The Higher Power of Lucky I wouldn’t think I’d be given a free pass. They must be using the 1968 era rules, by which Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 was granted the golden G. I don’t know about you, but 2001 is one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen…by the time HAL starts singing for Dave I start to feel like I’m in the Black Lodge. Standards certainly have changed in my day. [...]

By: Dr. Tran

Dr. Tran — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:10:27 +0000

It may be a little innapropriate for a book to have such content when said book is directed towards young girls. Maybe if the book were for boys, it would be more, if not completely, acceptable. I’m pretty sure every elementary school boy has seen a scrotum, but when the book is for girls, it’s a little awkward.

By: See Also… » Blog Archive » librarian.net » scrotum!

See Also… » Blog Archive » librarian.net » scrotum! — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:17:51 +0000

[...] librarian.net » scrotum! [...]

By: Quick Links - 13 March 2007

Quick Links - 13 March 2007 — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:41:27 +0000

[...] – InappropriateAn article in the New Yorker about other inappropriate words that have appeared in either the titles or text of works meant from those below twelve. This is in response to the recent controversy in the US over the use of the word “scrotum” in a children’s book, Susan Patron’s The Higher Power of Lucky, that was recently awarded the 2007 Newberry Medal. You can read more about it on librarian.net. [...]

By: Ape::Tracks » Irregular Brachiation » It’s the dog’s scrotum

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:18:40 +0000

[...] Link: librarian.net » scrotum! I originally rambled on here about the daftness of all this, but I’ve deleted it – Neil Gaiman has covered the whole topic very well in these three posts, so if you’re interested, read on: [...]

By: Lionel

Lionel — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:43:42 +0000

Of course, certain body parts are evil. Why else would the director or producer of the 1961 crucifixion movie, King of Kings, have had Jeffrey Hunter’s armpit hair shaved prior to his depiction of Christ’s ordeal on the cross? Evil scrotums! Evil pee-pees! Evil body hair!

By: i’m gonna be a librarian. « disremembering

i’m gonna be a librarian. « disremembering — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:32:00 +0000

[...] scrotum! (jessamyn at librarian.net) [...]

By: Run! Hide! Here comes “Vagina!” (P.S. “Scrotum” is Scary Too) « Entertainment Law - LAW6126 - Randazza

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:08:46 +0000

[...] Here is another blog post on the topic from librarian.net. What is funny is that if you do a Google® search for “scrotum,” that blog entry is the second hit, after the Wikipedia entry for scrotum. Even funnier are some of the comments on the librarian.net post. [...]

By: library+instruction+technology » There’s a lot more to “Lucky” than one word

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:21:54 +0000

[...] I read the 2007 Newbery Medal winner, The Higher Power of Lucky, this weekend. I think the amount of press surrounding the controversy of a single "adult word" is unfortunate. It is a well written book. I hope parents take the time to read the book and decide if it is appropriate for their children. [...]

By: Not only do I play one on television, I am one in real life » Larocque and Roll

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:19:07 +0000

[...] A group of librarians have publicly stated that they will not add a book, titled The Higher Power of Lucky, to their collections because it contains the word “scrotum.” (here’s the response from the author, who also happens to be a librarian.) [...]

By: The Unwrapped Fish

The Unwrapped Fish — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:01:15 +0000

Dr. Seuss never won a Newbery Medal, but maybe, if he had, Green Eggs and Ham might have been a different story…

Bad Words in Books

I am Sue
I am Sue
Sue I am

That Sue-I-am!
That Sue-I-am!
We do not like
That Sue-I-am!

Do you like
Bad words in books?

We do not like them
Sue-I-am
We do not like
Bad words in books

Would you like them
On page one?

We would not like them
On page one
We’d much prefer a
scrotal shun
We do not like
Bad words in books
We do not like them,
Sue-I-am

Would you like
a pup’s nutsack?
Might you like
Some words like that?

We do not like
A pup’s nutsack
We could not like
some words like that
We would not like them
On page one
We’d much prefer a
scrotal shun
We do not like
Bad words in books
We do not like them,
Sue-I-am

Would you like
A doggy bag?
Might that help
Your tails to wag?

Not doggy bag
Not pup’s nutsack
Not Lassie’s purse
Not Fido’s flaps
We will not read them here or there
We will not read them anywhere
We do not like
Bad words in books
We do not like them,
Sue-I-am

Would you? Could you?
I won a prize!
Read it! Read it!
With your eyes.

We will not
Read it
With our eyes.

You may like it
You will see
Buy it for your
Library!

We will not, can not put it there.
We do not want it anywhere.

We do not want your doggy bag
We do not want your pup’s nutsack
We do not want your Lassie’s purse
We do not want your Fido’s flaps
We will not read them here or there
We will not read them anywhere
We do not like
Bad words in books
We do not like them,
Sue-I-am

Say!
Treasure chest?
Dog Treasure chest!
Might some words like that be best?

We still don’t like them
and protest.

You don’t like them.
So you say.
Read my book first
And then you may.
Read it first, please I pray.

Sue!
If you will let us be,
We will read it,
Then we’ll see.

Say!
We like scrotums in books!
We do! We like them, Sue-I-am!
If you write a good story
And doggy gonads are the key
Who are we to disagree?

Since jewels, encased are much like books:
Precious words, held within
The cover’s name is not a sin.

We do so like
Your Lucky book

Thank you!
Thank you!
Sue-I-am!

By: Mister X

Mister X — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:15:01 +0000

There is another issue about this book that people seem to overlook.

In books and on TV, both men and women are subjects of violence.

However, when it comes to laughing at pain, it is always at the price of men.
You can kick a man in his testicles, you can punch him there or you can push
him so he falls on a wedge and crushes them. And it is funny. But God so help
anyone who finds humor in commercial lit. and TV. when it comes to a
woman’s pain.

I doubt this book would have been equally accepted if it was about a
female dog that was bitten by a snake on its sexual organs. I think we would
not be having this discussion.