Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Trib's "magic moment" of 2013. Mine too.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Trib's "magic moment" of 2013. Mine too.:
Trib's "magic moment" of 2013. Mine too.
Protesters of 'Persepolis'-gate
March 15, Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago
Massive school closings, epic teacher layoffs. Chicago Public Schools officials had plenty to answer for in 2013. So much that their decision in the spring to yank Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel/memoir "Persepolis" out of schools and libraries because of a complaint (about a single image of torture) became something of a cultural blip. But what a blip: The banning led students at Lane Tech to rally against censorship in the rain outside their school. Which led to the news spreading internationally, the irony of the banned selection particularly
