 Confessions of a Book Burner: Reflections on Profanityby Donna Voetee (AKA Granny Good Food) (The Best Years in Life) Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston, Texas, and I have something in common. We are both book burners. Mayor Turner banned the movie, Vaxxed: From Coverup to Catastrophe, from Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. I was famous, or infamous, depending on your perspective, for burning an award-winning children’s book, The Headless Cupid, by Zilpha Snyder. A New York Times list ranked this book #24 of the 50 most banned books in America. My friends and I in Dr. Robert Simonds’ school watchdog group, Citizens for Excellence in Education, led the charge against it in 1985 to have it removed from Long Beach (Calif.) Unified School District’s libraries. Read More.
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