87. Persepolis Part 1 (Why It's Banned)
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In this episode we pay our respects to Marjane Satrapi’s masterwork, Persepolis and Persepolis II, and raise a glass to her memory. We also raise the question, why has Persepolis appeared on the ALA’s list of banned and challenged books?But first, our "Banned Bits" segment explores censorship in prison libraries, which we learned about in the article The Landscape of Prison Censorship Since 2021 by Kelly Jenson of Book Riot and Sarah Lamdan of the ALA. For more reading on prison censorship, Jenson and Lamdon invite you to explore the following selected pieces published over the last five years:“The Books Banned in Your State’s Prisons” from The Marshall Project“Censorship Beyond Book Bans in Prison: A Slave Master Mentality” by Michael Kimball“Censorship in Prison: Fulfilling the Writ of Librarianship” by Aaron Blumberg“Request Denied (Again): Navigating Prison Censorship from the Outside” by Aaron Blumberg“Anti-Censorship Legislation: Prisons Need Not Apply” by Aaron Blumberg“We Can’t Forget People Experiencing Incarceration in Our Fight for Readers’ Rights” by Michelle Dillon“America’s Unseen Book Bans: The Long History of Censorship in Prisons” by Antoine Davis and Kevin Light-Roth“Prison Censorship Goes Beyond Book Bans” by Troy Chapman“Ending Censorship Applies to Prison, Too” by Kelly Jensen“This Technology Was Supposed to Help People in Prison. It’s Backfiring in a Big Way.” by Moira Marquis“Illinois Outlaws Book Bans—But Not for Incarcerated People” by Gretchen Sterba“The Circuitous Reach of Carceral Censorship” by Ragnhild Utheim and Michelle Ronda“How Prison Book Bans Dwarf All Other Censorship” by Moira Marquis“The Ever-Growing Challenges of Getting Books Into Prisons” by Leah Rachel van Essen“Banning the Caged Bird: Prison Book Censorship Across America” from the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center (2021)Information for the “Why It’s Banned” Segment came from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) with their articles Case Study: Persepolis and EXCLUSIVE: CBLDF Talks to Persepolis Sleuth Jarrett Dapier!, and also Wikipedia.Additional information came from the following sources:The Tumbler Blog Marjane Satrapi and Persepolis - Persepolis: Significance of the titleThe YouTube Video Marjane Satrapi: "Persepolis" a pro-Iranian humanist tale MovieSense.io’s Meaning of "Persepolis" (2007) - Comprehensive AnalysisThe Conversation’s Marjane Satrapi’s masterpiece Persepolis transformed the world’s understanding of Iran If you would like to join the conversation, please check out our website, theroguelibrarians.com.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, BlueSky, and TikTok @RogueLibrariansPod.If you would like to support us financially, please join our Patreon at patreon.com/roguelibrarians.This podcast was produced by us, Marion and Dorothy. Sound editing by Dorothy, Assistant Producer Heather, Social Media Director Simon, and music by Chris. Special thanks to Alana the Lioness, our co-founder and forever host, Lizzie, the obstinate, headstrong girl who taught us all about sound editing, and our loyal Patreon supporters.Finally, thanks to all of you for reading with us, because in the words of Isaac Asimov, "Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."#FreedomToRead #LibraryLove #RogueLibrarians #Bookstagram
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