The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s annual ‘dirty dozen’ list misses some obvious targetsCosmopolitan has been removed from the checkouts at Walmart in the US, which the chain has attributed to a business decision, although it accepts that “concerns raised were heard”. The conservative anti-pornography group, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, has claimed this as a victory, following a long campaign against the magazine. According to the group’s executive director, Dawn Hawkins, Cosmo “places women’s value primarily on their ability to sexually satisfy a man and therefore plays into the same culture where men view and treat women as inanimate sex objects”.The NCOSE, formerly known as Morality in Media, produces an annual “Dirty Dozen” list “to name and shame the mainstream players in America that perpetuate sexual exploitation”. Oddly, this year, it found no room for the current president of the United States. Instead, it’s a roll call of what you might call “the internet”. It calls out Snapchat, Twitter and YouTube, in addition to Amazon and iBooks. As history has taught us, the censorship of literature, burning books, that sort of thing, is usually a surefire sign that there’s nothing at all to panic about in any political climate. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Libraries need to prepare for "Hide the Pride," a conservative campaign to remove all LGBTQ children's and YA books from libraries. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-06-06 15:28:23 UTC ]
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Toronto Star books editor Deborah Dundas says that even though class divisions exist in Canada, we don't talk about them openly. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-05-27 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes was a key member of launching Walmart Land and The Walmart Universe of Play, which attracted 4.9 million visitors. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2023-05-08 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselvesInside the many debates swirling around the rapid rollout of so-called artificial intelligence, there is a relatively obscure skirmish focused on the choice of the word “hallucinate”.This is the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-05-08 08:02:01 UTC ]
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I don’t know if we deserve Rebecca Makkai, but we certainly need her. The author of four novels and a short story collection, she’s been bringing range, depth, and humor to the literary world for at least fifteen years. She’s a regular among the pages of Best American Short Stories and was a... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-03-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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A library in the U.S. is dealing with complaints about a children's book from a Quebec author that deals with sexual and gender diversity. Parents have asked that the book be removed from the library shelves. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-02-03 09:00:44 UTC ]
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With a wave of book bans and educational gag orders still surging across the country, an online panel this week explored how the bans are targeting and impacting the LGBTQ community—and how concerned communities can push back. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Casey McQuiston's 'I Kissed Shara Wheeler' will be the first title featured in the Walmart Live Book Club, with McQuiston appearing on the TalkShopLive platform tonight. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In Deb Rogers's debut novel, a woman arrested for a petty crime tries to start over at a wild animal sanctuary. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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The science fiction author drew a standing ovation from the Ci10 audience as she discussed her childhood and start as a writer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The movement intends to "empty libraries of LGBTQ content aimed at kids" by checking out and hiding all LGBTQ books on library displays. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-06-06 13:35:02 UTC ]
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Book sales in America's big cities are underperforming compared to those in smaller markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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“No one would know it was us,” the former president said, according to an upcoming memoir written by the former Pentagon chief. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2022-05-06 01:41:29 UTC ]
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Filmmakers, novelists and photographers, among others, also shape our collective memory, Richard Cohen writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-22 12:00:50 UTC ]
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The new edition of Springer Nature's report is based on the company's 'responsibility of impact as a business and publisher. The post During London Book Fair: Springer Nature on Carbon-Neutral Targets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-04-07 02:57:22 UTC ]
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The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and other outlets were affected by an attack that News Corp’s cyber consultants say is linked to China. Cyber thieves accessed emails and other documents of News Corp employees, including journalists, in a hack that affected The Wall Street Journal,... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2022-02-04 12:56:21 UTC ]
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The pandemic is showing the holes in social safety nets across the U.S., but public libraries aren't the answer to those problems. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-01-12 11:42:00 UTC ]
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Ad measurement firm Nielsen released its latest Connected TV tool, Streaming Signals, so advertisers can target CTV audiences with sharper precision. CTV can seem a murky lens for certain advertisers--those used to the granular precision of digital ecosystems--to reach their intended audience... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-01-04 11:56:02 UTC ]
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Organisers of a crowdfunder for the White Review have stretched the target by an additional £6,000 after sailing past their original £10,000 goal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 08:46:01 UTC ]
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