On November 14, a 20-year-old woman named Lanah Burkhardt appeared before the school board of the Conroe Independent School District in Texas. Burkhardt told the board that, when she was 11, she read a Scholastic book that introduced her to "a single kiss." According to Burkhardt, her exposure to this Scholastic book was directly responsible for her developing a debilitating addiction to pornography.

Burkhardt’s gambit has already had an impact. The Conroe school board, after listening to her story, voted to restrict access to Drama, the Scholastic book featuring a kiss, from all students in the 8th grade and below. One of the school board members, Melissa Dungan, suggested replacing Scholastic with SkyTree Book Fairs. “All glory to God,” Burkhardt posted in response to the news.

  • @jordanlund
    134•7 months ago

    “Mysterious” in that she was home schooled, never took part in a Scholastic book fair, and, in fact, works for a competing publishing company.

    Yup… suuuuure is “mysterious!”

  • @[email protected]
    70•7 months ago

    It’s a fucking grift. It always is.

    So…couldn’t Scholastic sue the pants off this lady and the company she obviously works for? She literally lied about the entire thing harming their business.

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    38•7 months ago

    So if Drama cause a porn addiction…

    … what do you think the Bible caused?

  • themeatbridge
    35•7 months ago

    Drama? By Raina Telgemeier? My third and fifth graders love that book series, along with Guts, Smile, Ghosts, and Sisters. Excellent books for young kids. Fuck bigots banning books.

    • TechyDad
      13•7 months ago

      The article also shows the kissing scene in question. It’s possibly the tamest kissing scene possible. If seeing this sends a person into a debilitating porn addiction, then the problem rests with them and not with the book.

      Of course, given that she works for a “competitor” of Scholastic, I highly doubt her story is true. The author and Scholastic should sue her for defamation.

  • @[email protected]English
    34•7 months ago

    So, who thinks the school board is in on the grift, and who thinks they’re just a bunch of absolute morons?