No Scrotums, Please, We're Republicans


It always seems to be two steps forward, one step back in this country. Here I was so relieved that there was no mass right-wing hysteria created when Prince did Shadow Puppet Porn with his guitar at the Superbowl (maybe we’ve matured since the Janet Jackson moment, I thought), only to pick up the paper this morning to learn that the word “scrotum” is too dirty for 10 year old school children. Librarians in a number of states are refusing to order the book, a Newberry Award winner, because of the presence of the word “scrotum.” Gosh, I hope they don’t have to decide on a biography of Tom Vilsack….

By the way, the book is called The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron. And speaking of books, which I see is Number 20 on the Amazon list, thanks, no doubt, to the controversy.

Don't tell me you still haven't bought Naked Republicans, a Full-Frontal Exposure of Right-wing Hypocrisy and Greed.