El Club De Los Físicos MuertosDec 24, 2023
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In 2020 one of the most challenged #Books to be removed from schools was "George" by #AlexGino, now "Melissa".
This #Book begins at a elementary school where a #Casting for the dramatization of "Charlotte's Web" de E.B.White is held among the 4th grade students -9 to 10 yo-
Girls could play Charlotte the #Spider role and boys can only play Wilbur the #Pig role.
A transgender girl wants to be auditioned in the spider role and gets a NO from school.
The Post reviewed 1,000 school book challenges. Here’s what we found.

The people objecting — and the titles they objected to — revealed a few surprises.

The Washington Post
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 2, 2023

The #author of one of #America's most #banned #kids #books says '#trans people are #unsafe'.

#AlexGino's debut novel "#Melissa" — about a #fictional fourth-grade #transgender #girl named Melissa — was No. 1 on the #AmericanLibraryAssociation's most challenged #books list for three years in a row from 2018-20.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Libraries #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Fascism #Censorship

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2023/05/02/alex-gino-talks-about-writing-the-transgender-childrens-book-melissa/70154368007/

The author of one of America's most challenged kids books says 'trans people are unsafe'

"Melissa" author weighs in on the importance of LGBTQ representation in literature.

The Des Moines Register
Queer Lit CatsApr 20, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: In 'Judy Blume Forever,' a YA Icon Finally Tells Her Own Story https://jezebel.com/judy-blume-forever-documentary-1850357650 #Jezebel #areyoutheregod3fit27sme2cmargaret #entertainment2cculture #sundancefilmfestival #judyblumeforever #karenchilstrom #mollyringwald #additionally #leahwolchok #patbuchanan #davinapardo #annakonkle #literature #judyblume #lorriekim #tigereyes #jkrowling #margaret #alexgino #writers #blubber #forever #deenie #novels #judy
In 'Judy Blume Forever,' a YA Icon Finally Tells Her Own Story

The documentary's directors told Jezebel that Blume was initially hesitant to make such a film.

Jezebel
Mike JungNov 14, 2022
5-7 of my sixteen thousand favorite authors for #Bookstadon:
#LisaYee
#CharlieJaneAnders
#ChinaMieville
#WalterMosley
#OlugbemisolaRhudayPerkovich
#ShaunTan
#GeneLuenYang
#RobinWallKimmerer
#AnneUrsu
#AidaSalazar
#AlexGino
...*sigh* this is hard