Nerdfighting and The Bermudez Triangle

A few times in the course of our lectures and content, we have referred to organized attempts by groups to ban books in school and public libraries. Some of you reported on these groups in Assignment 2. These groups will target books on their websites, post the contact information of decision-makers, and ask their members to write.

What if there were an organized attempt to "un-ban" a book, using the same methods?

Case in point, The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson. The book was removed from a high school library in Oklahoma for homosexual situations. ASIF (Authors Supporting Intellectual Freedom) and the video-bloggers Hank and John Green (friends of Johnson) asked their viewers to write and call the decision-makers in the process. It did not take long for the email boxes to fill. Take a look at Hank and John's response to this challenge on their site, http://www.brotherhood2.com/. The date you want to see is May 2.

In the Green's video blog, they call their fellow participants in the campaign to "decrease world suck", "Nerdfighters."

Angelina Benedetti