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In reply to the discussion: College Students Refuse To Read Award-Winning Novel Because It Violates Their Christian Beliefs [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,547 posts)49. "In its review, the New York Times called it 'a comic book for lovers of words.'”
'Fun Home' set to spark discussion among incoming freshmen
Freshmen skipping Fun Home for moral reasons
Monday, June 8
Dukes 2015 summer reading selection is poised to generate interesting discussion when the freshmen arrive on campus this August.
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel was chosen by the Duke Common Experience selection committeea group composed of faculty, students and stafffor first-years to read during the summer. The book is a graphic memoir that deals with weighty topics such as suicide, sexual identity, death and abuse, and it will serve as a focus of conversation during the Class of 2019s orientation week. The decision came after the committee debated six other final selections.
I was hesitant at first to support it as a welcoming text to Duke University, said junior Ibanca Anand, a committee member. Then I realized how critical these discussions are for so many of us, and it's important that we establish this school as a place that is open and unafraid to talk about things that affect people." ... She said the committees decision was not as easy as last year when Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was selected unanimously.
Fun Home follows the story of Bechdels childhood as she comes out as lesbian and finds out that her father was gay. After his apparent suicide, she embarks on a process of reflection and discovery that leads to revelations about her father and her relationship with him. In its review, the New York Times called it a comic book for lovers of words.
Dukes 2015 summer reading selection is poised to generate interesting discussion when the freshmen arrive on campus this August.
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel was chosen by the Duke Common Experience selection committeea group composed of faculty, students and stafffor first-years to read during the summer. The book is a graphic memoir that deals with weighty topics such as suicide, sexual identity, death and abuse, and it will serve as a focus of conversation during the Class of 2019s orientation week. The decision came after the committee debated six other final selections.
I was hesitant at first to support it as a welcoming text to Duke University, said junior Ibanca Anand, a committee member. Then I realized how critical these discussions are for so many of us, and it's important that we establish this school as a place that is open and unafraid to talk about things that affect people." ... She said the committees decision was not as easy as last year when Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was selected unanimously.
Fun Home follows the story of Bechdels childhood as she comes out as lesbian and finds out that her father was gay. After his apparent suicide, she embarks on a process of reflection and discovery that leads to revelations about her father and her relationship with him. In its review, the New York Times called it a comic book for lovers of words.
Freshmen skipping Fun Home for moral reasons
By Claire Ballentine | Friday, August 21
For some members of the Class of 2019, the choice of Fun Home as a summer reading book was anything but fun.
Several incoming freshmen decided not to read Fun Home because its sexual images and themes conflicted with their personal and religious beliefs. Freshman Brian Grasso posted in the Class of 2019 Facebook page July 26 that he would not read the book because of the graphic visual depictions of sexuality, igniting conversation among students. The graphic novel, written by Alison Bechdel, chronicles her relationship with her father and her issues with sexual identity.
For some members of the Class of 2019, the choice of Fun Home as a summer reading book was anything but fun.
Several incoming freshmen decided not to read Fun Home because its sexual images and themes conflicted with their personal and religious beliefs. Freshman Brian Grasso posted in the Class of 2019 Facebook page July 26 that he would not read the book because of the graphic visual depictions of sexuality, igniting conversation among students. The graphic novel, written by Alison Bechdel, chronicles her relationship with her father and her issues with sexual identity.
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College Students Refuse To Read Award-Winning Novel Because It Violates Their Christian Beliefs [View all]
riversedge
Aug 2015
OP
At least they're merely abstaining. The current trend is for social media mobs to demand censorship.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#5
Fail the course, period! In college, you are supposed to be adults, developing critical thought! nt
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2015
#79
"Christians" define themselves by their level of insulation from "the gay"
Betty Karlson
Aug 2015
#108
"In its review, the New York Times called it 'a comic book for lovers of words.'”
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2015
#49
Science fiction was also called "s/f," "sci-fi" and "scientifiction," while we're at it.
Orrex
Aug 2015
#103
TY for the link. I have Maus and In The Shadow of No Towers by Spiegelman, also Persepolis....
Hekate
Aug 2015
#139
Yes, because all must conform to received wisdom -- especially at college.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#7
They bastardize the virtue of tolerance to enforce the vice of their own tribalism. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#97
What on earth? This isn't coursework, it's a sexually explicit novel assigned to incoming freshmen
Yo_Mama
Aug 2015
#132
Exactly. College professors already lament incoming students have poor writing skills
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#12
In college, I once withheld my "homework" in musical composition because I felt it was inferior.
no_hypocrisy
Aug 2015
#14
Trying and failing. Taking your "lumps". That's how you learn. I am really good
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#44
If you are going to go to a college it is a good idea to read the books that your college wants you
Botany
Aug 2015
#80
Because it's interesting when people pay to go to college presumably to get a well-rounded education
tabasco
Aug 2015
#116
it's their right to fail a class, yes, they don't have a right to get a passing grade
geek tragedy
Aug 2015
#77
How does their not reading a book deprive others of the ability to read the book?
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#84
Giving critical thought to a subject they are unfamiliar with violates their beliefs?
Initech
Aug 2015
#76
...to tick off the box labeled credentials and to keep their unquestioning faith intact...?
xocet
Aug 2015
#88
well, no "duke did not seem to have people like "you" in mind." of course not. this university
niyad
Aug 2015
#98
These kids are right, they should stick to reading books in which no one sins. Here's a list:
dakota_democrat
Aug 2015
#101
The five words that validate homophobia, bigotry, sexism, intolerance and ignorance while
Feeling the Bern
Aug 2015
#110
They can live however they want, but if they refuse to do the work required or recommended...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2015
#143
Which makes such material more valuable it allows them to open up to new experiences and how...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2015
#153
"Christians" who rely on ignorance and never being challenged are weak in faith
Hekate
Aug 2015
#140
As a sophomore in high school, a racist classmate refused to read "Black Like Me."
David__77
Aug 2015
#154
"Freshman Daughter Drop-off" sign banned. "Freshman Daughter Reading List" okay. WTF?
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#159