"Jones is impatient with the outsize expectations laid at the feet of librarians. She stresses that the extent of what librarians owe their patrons, including the care they provide to those who wander in through their library doors, is elastic but not infinite."

Melina Moe considers #AmandaJones’s #ThatLibrarian: The Fight Against #BookBanning in America

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-librarians-found-themselves-on-the-front-line-of-the-culture-war/

#USpol #bookbans #censorship #wokebashing #moralPanics #cyberharassment #memoirs #libraries #books @bookstodon

@eff

I'm concerned that this will also negatively impact people like #AmandaJones (#ThatLibrarian), who are filing legitimate defamation suits against individuals on #SocialMedia who call those who oppose #BookBans "groomers," etm.

I'm not putting my name on anything until I understand what it is.

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (Hardcover) | Cavalier House Books

“Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories.”-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards"As an author whose novels have been banned . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYiQ9HQCVYY

🚨 #AmanpourAndCompany 2 days ago 🚨

THIS is fucking SCARY!!!!!

#AmandaJones, #librarian and author of '#ThatLibrarian' Spoke Out against Book Banning. Now she Fears for her Life.

#NoBookBans #STOPTheFarRight

#farright #books #libraries #Louisianna

A #MustwatchVideo

This Librarian Spoke Out Against Book Banning. Now She Fears for Her Life | Amanpour and Company

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