now I’ll never get to read How To Make Love Like a Porn Star

Libraries still not buying porn, or even books that seem like they might be porn. While I object to the misuse of the word schizophrenia this article otherwise has some good points about what librarians say versus what they do in their own librarias as far as sexually explicit books are concerned.

[T]he absence of the book [How To Make Love Like a Porn Star] confirms what some of my librarian friends have said for years: we merely give lip service to the First Amendment. We bypass some books with sexual content to forestall challenges to the collection before they even arise. Given the current climate of religious conservatism and tight budgets, perhaps that’s not so surprising. [thanks matthew]