#book ban

[gwydionmisha]

A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives

Hours after the State of the Union address, House republicans introduced legislation banning LGBTQ+ books from public schools nationwide.

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[makingqueerhistory]

Conservative activists gave Alberta government list of ‘inappropriate’ books in school libraries

Action 4 Canada has made a list of books in public school libraries that they want to ban as "Sexually Explicit and Pornographic Books".

Anyways, this queer project has gathered the list and we are planning to read through them. If you want to join/support our project, feel free to go through our affiliate list of the books being banned or support our Patreon.

[onlytiktoks]

Huntington Beach ordered to pay $1M in legal fees for censoring library books

The city's appeal of the case is pending.

[a-griffin-in-the-clouds]

You know what’s absolutely hilarious? The same people who cry “you’re erasing me!” the moment someone uses the wrong flag emoji are now cheering that Harry Potter is being pulled off of one book stores bookshelf. Like… really?

I thought we were all supposed to be against censorship. I thought book bans were a right-wing moral panic. But suddenly, because it’s your feelings involved, it’s fine? Because you feel "unsafe" around a children's fantasy series?

These people claim they want “nuance” and “freedom of expression” but the second it’s something they personally dislike, they go full authoritarian.

Once you start celebrating book bans, you don’t get to pretend you’re the moral high ground anymore. You’re just another group with a torch, deciding what stories deserve to exist.

And for people who scream about being erased… it’s pretty damn telling that you’re perfectly fine erasing others when it suits you.

Honestly? I’m not even mad. It’s just another bookstore outing itself as anti-feminist that’s good information. If I’m ever in California, I know to walk right past it. Save my money for shops that don’t try to score woke points by quietly participating in misogyny.

Because let’s be real: this isn’t some bold moral stand. This is performative. This is cowardice dressed up as justice.

And the funniest part? The same gun-clutching Christians who wanted Harry Potter banned when it first came out are now in the same boat as this new wave of book-banners. Back then it was “witchcraft is dangerous.” Now it’s “this book triggers me because the author tweeted something I didn’t like by saying sexbased oppression is real!"

Like yeah, sure, there’s a lot of nuance to be had here, but sometimes it’s just about the basic contradiction staring you in the face.

You don’t even have to be a Rowling fan to notice the weirdness. You can think she’s dead wrong about a bunch of stuff and still clock the hypocrisy of people who shout “representation matters!” while clapping when a woman author’s books get quietly pulled.

It’s a reminder that people will always find a reason to silence women they don’t like. Left, right, doesn’t matter.

So yeah. Hypocritical. Silly. A little depressing. But also kind of clarifying. At least now we know where people actually stand when it comes to freedom of thought it only applies when they agree with you.

Radfems aren’t crying about it. It’s one store. We’re all laughing, but we know hypocrisy when we see it.

[politijohn]

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[dk-thrive]

In my time teaching it soon became clear that becoming a good writer would not be enough. We needed more writers, and I had a responsibility to help them as a reader, to be an active audience for the stories they wanted to tell, or as a teacher, so that they could learn to tell them better, to reach deeper into their own truth in the same way that brought me euphoria, and reach into the hearts of readers and set them on fire, as Mary had been set on fire since college: by words on a page.

― Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message (One World, October 1, 2024)

[academic-vampire]

Me: No I think banning books is ridiculous. I am FULLY against banning books!!

Books:

Me: hey you know what… I think we should start banning some books…….

(I think these are satire, but I know of books that aren’t satire that are worse than this…)