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Books at the Huntington Beach Central Library being taken off the shelves for evaluation under a new resolution that calls for the library to not allow children “ready access” to books that contain any content of sexual nature. Henry Huntington created a rather outstanding private library at his estate in San Marino, and now it’s very much open to the public, including the rarest books therein, especially if you are a scholar who can simply show your work would benefit by access to them.
They did not. They authorized the negotiation to jettison the public library “after former Mayor Mike Posey reached out on behalf of his employer, Library Systems and Services, to ask if the city was interested in having them take over running the library,” as the Voice of OC reports. Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark made it clear this is part of the anti-pointy-headed-intellectual movement during the meeting. “It seems a little elitist that you don’t think we’re as worthy as you are ‘cause we don’t have a degree,” she said. “ are the only ones that have any control right now, so I will bring the parents in.”
This sounded nuts, so I looked the book up. You know what it’s really about? “A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a bath house with her grandmother and aunties.” Named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and The American Library Association.
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