Oregon School's Ridiculous Battle Over 'Handmaid's Tale' Ends With Book Ban

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Oregon School’s Ridiculous Battle Over ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Ends With Book Ban
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The graphic novel version of Margaret Atwood's novel became embroiled in controversy after one parent complained about its sexual imagery.
Brooke Leigh Howard
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Updated Jun. 30, 2022 5:48PM ET / Published Jun. 30, 2022 5:34PM ET
JIM WATSON


A graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was permanently pulled from an Oregon high school’s library thanks to the district’s superintendent and his deputy who forced its removal after a committee couldn’t decide what to do about the book.

“We removed the graphic novel because…we found numerous images of nudity, sexual assault, and violence throughout the graphic novel,” Medford School District spokesperson Natalie Hurd told the Mail Tribune.

Superintendent Bret Champion and Superintendent Deputy Jeanne Graziol made the final call to remove two copies of the graphic novel from North Medford High School, Mail Tribune reported.

According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, the removal came after just one parent complained about sexual images in the book.

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[MissB]

1. Oh, Medford.

Of course.

[LoisB]

2. One parent!?! This is ridiculous.

[Scrivener7]

3. So make sure there are plenty of copies of the original version, which was not a graphic novel.

[Efilroft Sul]

4. They should've told the parent to homeschool his or her kid instead. Call the parent's bluff.

It's addition by subtraction with these people.

[Tree Lady]

5. I live in Medford and its no surprise

Its about 58% republican and very religious.

But also very nice and kind and a lot of good people who are brainwashed from religion to vote R.

My court is 50/50 D & R. People just don't talk about it here unless it's the crazy ones with flags on their house and surprisingly not too many. Oregon law only lets you put political signs up a few months before election so there are no signs most of the time.

After Kerry lost when I was living in CA I purposely moved to republican cities to get to know them and see why they believe as they do. Many years later I realize it takes a lot for people to change.

[Dorian Gray]

6. If I were a teacher

I'd teach the original book this year to all my high school classes.

[FuzzyRabbit]

7. So by tomorrow every junior high and high school kid

will have purchased a copy of the banned book.

Human nature being as it is, in the 1950s, "banned in Boston" on the cover assured that a book would become a best seller.