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|artist=E.L. James | |artist=E.L. James | ||
|subject=Explicit Sexuality | |subject=Explicit Sexuality | ||
|medium=Literature | |||
|confronting_bodies=Director of Library Services Cathy Schweinsberg | |confronting_bodies=Director of Library Services Cathy Schweinsberg | ||
|date_of_action=April-May 2012 | |date_of_action=April-May 2012 | ||
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5/25/12 The Brevard County Commission decides to return books to library shelves. | 5/25/12 The Brevard County Commission decides to return books to library shelves. | ||
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|year=2012 | |||
|region=North America | |||
|artist=E.L. James | |||
|subject=Explicit Sexuality | |||
|medium=Literature | |||
|confronting_bodies=Mary Hastler, Director of the Harford County Public Library | |||
|date_of_action=May 2012 | |||
|location=Harford County, MD | |||
|description_of_content=''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is a romantic novel that depicts sexually explicit content. | |||
|description_of_incident=The Harford County library in Maryland has decided not to carry the New York Times Best-selling series due to its sexually explicit content. The decision came after director of the Harford County Library, Mary Hastler, read the first two of the series' books (''Fifty Shades of Grey'' and ''Fifty Shades Darker'') and decided "In my personal opinion, it's almost like a how-to manual in terms of describing bondage and submissive relationships. A lot of the reviews that came out very publicly and quickly identified these books as 'mommy porn.' Since our policy is that we don't buy porn, we made the decision not to purchase the series." [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-banned-book-20120530,0,1653381.story] | |||
|description_of_result=The Harford County library still has not returned any of the novels to the shelves. | |||
|image=Fifty-shades-of-grey-trilogy.jpg | |||
|source=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-banned-book-20120530,0,1653381.story | |||
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