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A 20 year old college student is protesting the graphic novels she’s required to read for her English class. Tara Schultz, a student in Yuciapa, California is calling the required readings “pornography.”

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Schultz and her parents are protesting the inclusion of graphic novels such as Persepolis, Fun Home and The Sandman in her community college English 250: Fiction class. Schultz was aware the class was heavily focused on graphic novels, but speaking to

she said, “I didn’t expect to open the book and see that graphic material within. I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography.” Schulz and her family claim they were not adequately warned by her professor, her father adding, “If they had put a disclaimer on this, we wouldn’t have taken the course.”

Schultz’s instructor Professor Ryan Bartlett has taught the class three times and says this is his first complaint. On choosing the material, Bartlett says he “chose several highly acclaimed, award-winning graphic novels in my English 250 course not because they are purportedly racy but because each speaks to the struggles of the human condition.”