[Revelation 1] The prologue 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made…
Old Views on Homosexuality from Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1969)
On Writing Bad Propaganda: What to do When the Russians Come
On Writing Bad Propaganda: What to do When the Russians Come
A fine line between disgraceful propaganda material and rational warnings about the enemy
BOOK: WHAT TO DO WHEN THE RUSSIANS COME
Most Controversial Books of All Time – Poster
Fight cancel culture! Support free speech! Get the Most Controversial Books poster! POSTER: MOST CONTROVERSIAL BOOKSPDF POSTER PRINT POSTER A sample of the books on the…
Books in Photos
Forgotten Controversial Books
Dangerous Manifestos
The Late Great Planet Earth: How it was all supposed to end?
Lindsey writing in 1970: The end comes 40 years after the foundation of Israel 1948 The establishment of the State of Israel The Rebirth of…
Manifeste du FLQ intégral (Front de Libération du Québec)
Le Front de Libération du Québec n’est pas le messie, ni un Robin des Bois des temps modernes. C’est un groupement de travailleurs québécois qui…
The 1970 separatist manifesto by FLQ (Quebec Liberation Front) – Full Text
The 1970 separatist manifesto by FLQ (Quebec Liberation Front) – Full Text
The most important text by the militant Marxist movement of Canada
ARTICLE: THE FLQ MANIFESTO
Mafarka: Summary & analysis plus the controversial passages
Mafarka: Summary & analysis plus all the controversial passages
Read the obscene parts of the first two chapters that sent the Italian author to court
BOOK: MAFARKA THE FUTURIST
The Futurist Manifesto by Filippo T. Marinetti – Full Text
The Futurist Manifesto by Filippo T. Marinetti – Full Text
The sensational manifesto as it was published on the front page of Le Figaro in 1909
ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO
Banned books: Why they were burnt, banned, censored or challenged
The controversial paragraphs from the books you were not supposed to read.
Filippo T. Marinetti: Manifeste du Futurisme
Lisez ci-dessous le texte intégral du Manifeste futuriste, publié en première page du Figaro. Cliquez ici pour la traduction en anglais. Pour l’analyse du texte…
Italian Futurists: The first to love and worship the machine
Italian Futurists: The first to love and worship the machine
The machine demonized, deified, humanized and eventually merged with us
ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO
‘Destroy museums!’–Why an Italian waged war against the past
‘Destroy museums!’–Why an Italian waged war against the past
Those who embraced state-sponsored iconoclasm as a fast track to modernization
ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO
The misogynist who supported feminist causes—mostly inadvertently
The misogynist who supported feminist causes—mostly inadvertently
The Italian Futurist poet, F. T. Marinetti, was a misogynist and a proto-feminist all at once
ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO
Was Futurism proto-fascism?
Was Futurism proto-fascism?
The most important elements of Fascism could be traced to Italian Futurist writings years earlier
ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO
Futurism: On turning speed into a pseudo-religious experience
Futurism: On turning speed into a pseudo-religious experience
‘Speed is Divine’: Why the Italian poet Marinetti spoke of speed in religious terms
ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO
Gloriously masculine and mechanical: The Futurist Manifesto
Gloriously masculine and mechanical: The Futurist Manifesto
The three themes of their manifesto show how the Futurists envisioned the modern world a century ago
ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO
Why Italy banned Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms?
Why Italy banned Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms?
Hemingway’s depiction of Italian defeat at the Battle of Caporetto of WWI was too painful to publish
BOOK: A FAREWELL TO ARMS
A Farewell to Arms: The dirty words you won’t find in the novel
A Farewell to Arms: The dirty words you won’t find in the novel
Hemingway’s work was banned despite replacing the “vulgar” words with dashes
BOOK: A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Me, Inc.: Gene Simmons’ contrarian tips on success in life
Me, Inc.: Gene Simmons’ contrarian tips on success in life
KISS co-founder shares controversial advice in his book on how to become rich
BOOK: ME INC.
The Giver: The passages about euthanasia and suicide
The Giver: The passages about euthanasia and suicide
Why the dystopian novel was considered inappropriate for its young audience? Read the passages on euthanasia and suicide
BOOK: THE GIVER
Zero to One: Do not compete, build a monopoly instead
Zero to One: Do not compete, build a monopoly instead
The passages that instigated hot debates around Peter Thiel’s business book
BOOK: ZERO TO ONE
A Wrinkle in Time: Is it blasphemous or too Christian?
A Wrinkle in Time: Is it blasphemous or too Christian?
Two reasons Madeleine L’Engle’s book was challenged by religious conservatives
BOOK: A WRINKLE IN TIME
The jihadi manifesto: Sayyid Qutb’s Milestones
The jihadi manifesto: Sayyid Qutb’s Milestones
Summary and excerpts from the radical text that inspired terror attacks over the last 40 years
BOOK: MILESTONES
Voltaire’s Mahomet: Why it angered Catholic clergy and Muslims alike?
Why Voltaire’s Mahomet ignited protests as recently as 2005?
Mahomet de Voltaire: Les citations les plus controversées
ZOPIRE: Qui ? Moi, baisser les yeux devant ses faux prodiges ! Moi, de ce fanatique encenser les prestiges ! L’honorer dans la Mecque après…
Nègres blancs d’Amérique: Les citations les plus controversées
L’auteur de ce livre est un québécois, un Canadien français, un colonisé, un prolétaire et un baptisé, par conséquent un être extrêmement frustré pour qui…
White Niggers of America: A call to arms by a Quebec terrorist
White Niggers of America: A call to arms by a Quebec terrorist
Summary of the book by Pierre Vallières, one of the leaders of Front de libération du Québec. Read the controversial quotes
BOOK: WHITE NIGGERS OF AMERICA
Roald Dahl’s The Witches: The paragraphs critics called sexist
Roald Dahl’s The Witches: The paragraphs critics called sexist
Why feminist critics accused Dahl of being a misogynist? In its opening, Dahl wrote “all witches are women”
BOOK: THE WITCHES
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Why was it banned?
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Why was it banned?
A girl seeks religion while dealing with puberty: her first bra, first period, and first crush. Was the book really anti-Christian?
BOOK: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
Ovid’s Art of Love: How to seduce and manipulate him with sex
Ovid’s Art of Love: How to seduce and manipulate him with sex
Ancient controversial advice: Why you should play tricks on him and when to offer your body as a “thank-you”
BOOK: THE ART OF LOVE
Ars amatoria: Controversial advice on sex and date rape from Rome
Ars amatoria: Controversial advice on love, sex and date rape from ancient Rome
Why The Art of Love by Ovid was repeatedly censored: burnt in Florence, banned in England and seized in the U.S.?
BOOK: THE ART OF LOVE
Uncensored: Summaries & quotes from most controversial books
Read summaries, quotes and commentary on the most challenged books of all time. Why these controversial books were censored, banned or burnt?
Fourteen reasons why books are controversial or banned
The main themes for which books were banned or challenged
Voltaire’s Mahomet: Why Christians found it offensive and Muslims still do
Voltaire’s Mahomet: Why Christians found it offensive and Muslims still do
A summary of Voltaire’s play, about the prophet Mohammed, that was banned in France, then endorsed by the Pope
BOOK: MAHOMET
Portnoy’s Complaint: A guide to the filthiest and funniest Jewish novel
Portnoy’s Complaint: A guide to the filthiest and funniest Jewish novel
Why Philip Roth’s book is considered one of the dirtiest books ever published? He was also accused of Jewish self-hatred
BOOK: PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT
Madame Bovary: Les passages les plus choquants
Madame Bovary: Les passages les plus choquants
Portnoy’s Complaint: ‘Through fucking I will discover America’ (Sex with The Pilgrim)
Where to find it? The story of Portnoy’s relationship with The Pilgrim lasts from page 232 to 241 in the original print edition. Another failed…
Portnoy’s Complaint: ‘Rubbing asses with the enemy’ (Sex with The Pumpkin)
Where to find it? The Pumpkin story spans the pages 215 to 232 in the original print edition. Alex tells us of Kay Campbell, an…
Portnoy’s Complaint: ‘It gets bigger when it gets harder!’ (Sex with Bubbles)
Where to find it? The sex episode with Bubbles spans the pages 165 to 184 in the original print edition. Portnoy recalls his first sexual…
Portnoy’s Complaint: ‘Never good enough for The Chosen People’ (Sex with The Lieutenant)
Where to find it? The failed sexual encounter Portnoy has with an Israeli female soldier, Naomi, whom he calls The Lieutenant, is part of a…
Code Noir: un texte juridique ‘monstrueux’
Louis Sala-Molins, professeur de philosophie politique, a estimé en 1987 que le Code noir est « le texte juridique le plus monstrueux qu’aient produit les…
Portnoy’s Complaint: Excerpts of mommy (& daddy) issues mixed with poop jokes
The constipated father Early in the book Portnoy describes his mother as someone with an overbearing and doting character. Then he explains how his father…
The Sorrows of Young Werther: Passages that inspired suicide
The Sorrows of Young Werther: The passages that inspired copycat suicide
Read the once-banned words behind a wave of suicides in Europe
BOOK: THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER
Portnoy’s Complaint: ‘Your suffering heritage up your suffering ass’—Identity & faith
Jesus—The Pansy of Palestine Portnoy’s first sexual experience was in the house of Bubbles Girardi, an Italian-American teenage prostitute. He tells how he felt about…
Portnoy’s Complaint: ‘She mastered me with her mouth’ (Sex with The Monkey)
Where to find it? The story of Portnoy’s relationship with The Monkey covers the pages 100-107, 134-142 and 191-215 in the original print edition. The…
Portnoy’s Complaint: ‘Let My Peter Go!’—Obsessive masturbation
“Is this the Jewish Suffering?” Doctor Spielvogel, this is my life, my only life, and Please, who crippled us like this? Who made us so…
