Books are banned for power or fear.
Discomfort in reading is not a reason to shy away from a banned book or movie. There is something to understand in the awkwardness. On the other hand, if something seems abhorrent to me (e.g. 120 Days of Sodom) I don’t have to read it.
- Banned in Australia & New Zealand - Rakuten Kobo Australia - A list of previously banned books.
- The only booked banned across Australia is The Anarchist Cookbook and in Queensland, American Psycho. We use a system of classifications to restrict access, and rightly so to limit what children can access before they are mentally ready.
- De Explainerr (2025), Every Banned Book Explained in 14 Minutes - a video explaining the bans of eight books.