Hello,
I was wondering, why half of the 'Runaways' by Brian Vaughan is labeled as Young Adult and the others are labeled as Adult? I understand that some material may not be appropriate for all ages but shouldn't a decision have been made on the whole?
It may not be resoundingly obvious but I kind of disagree with the formal labelling (and I know it's a little late) but was there a formal reason for this, besides ease of placement in branches? I just think it insults people's intelligence to be blatantly told that V for Vendetta,Watchman,The Sandman, Tank Girl etc may contain adult content.
I understand that the 'Young adult' label has positive connotations and can encourage young readers but i think the labeling of Runaways sends a mixed message. the labeling problem could be easily solved by knowledgeable and enthusiastic librarians in conjunction with, once again, placement in libraries.
Thank you
Katherine
Proof that I am going to end up being a cranky old lady writing in to the paper on a weekly basis, using my ancient 2009 laptop with 'what? she must be crazy' windows 7.
It just makes me so mad that we're dumbing down our way of thinking. That we can't even be relied upon to make a "proper" choice when it comes to the type of materials we read. Who are you to dictate what I read? Who is it that makes these choices? I know it's mainly so kids don't read stuff we deem inappropriate but WHY have an 'adult' label, it's silly.Do we label fiction novels as 'adult'? (Actually I'm not sure of the answer to this??? I'd say no... well that makes my argument well, sucky.)
I just think if we all payed more attention and asked our librarians for help when in doubt, all these problems would be solved.
Though I'm not really talking about Banned Books talk about missing the point entirely
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