I thought about posting this same question. I think it is in poor taste. It's a
nice picture, but not appropriate for a news magazine. OK for Vanity Fair, but not
Newsweek. I think a clothed pregnant woman would be just as effective for the cover
of a news magazine. I still put it out on the shelf, though.
Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone
is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
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> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:00:04 -0600
> From: juldahl@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: [LM_NET] TAR: comments re: Newsweek cover?
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> I don't want to stir up another librarian/prude discussion, but what do you
> all think of the cover of the Dec. 10 Newsweek? I'm thinking it's a little
> Too Much Information for some younger students. Maybe TMI for me, even. It's
> a tasteful, arty photograph, but more than I want to know about that young
> woman.
>
> Or am I just getting old? I'm not planning to hide it in a drawer or cancel
> my subscription or anything. Just wondering.
>
> Julie Dahlhauser, librarian
> Jackson Central-Merry High School
> Jackson, Tennessee
> juldahl@gmail.com
>
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