> Professor Banned From Teaching Plato Excerpt to Leave Texas A https://www.chronicle.com/article/professor-banned-from-teaching-plato-excerpt-to-leave-texas-a-m-its-getting-worse

I was about to cheer, but he just went down the road to SMU, which granted, it is a private school but it IS still Texas. Oh well.

#censorship #academia #BannedBooks #GOP #PartyOfStupid #TexasFriendly

RE: https://mastodon.social/@everylibrary/116386490151568063

It would not be a secret and safe if I told, would it?

#books #reading #BannedBooks #censorship

Meanwhile, "deep in the heart of Texas..." 🎶

> Public university professors in Texas say a new law restricts their academic freedom
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5561690/public-university-professors-in-texas-say-a-new-law-restricts-their-academic-freedom

Sample FTA: "American literature professor Sara Spurgeon told rallygoers that the English department had been told they could no longer teach texts written by gay authors."

#TexasFriendly #BannedBooks #books #reading #censorship #LGBTQ #academia #HigherEd #Bookstodon #GOP #PartyOfStupid

NOW PLAYING == The Project Censored Show with Eleanor Goldfield 4/4/26: A Perspective on the #IranWar That You Won't Hear, with Shir Hever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drGVLX-PA24

#news #culture #media #journalism #commentary #ProjectCensored #MickeyHuff #EleanorGoldfield #bannedbooks #publicradio #Pacifica #SupportPublicMedia #leftist #revolution #left #antiimperialist #anticapitalist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

Currently reading Book #2 in my banned books series:
The Handmaid’s Tale 📚🔥

And I have a question…

👀 Which was better?
The book… or the show?

The Handmaid’s Tale

I haven’t finished yet, so no spoilers—but I’m curious what y’all think 👇

#TheHandmaidsTale #BookVsShow #BannedBooks #BookTok #ReadersOpinion #DystopianFiction #PollPost #bookdebate

Public Library Association Biennial Conference Underway in Minneapolis

https://barland7.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/public-library-association-biennial-conference-underway-in-minneapolis/

Book #2 in my banned books series:
The Handmaid’s Tale

Some stories are banned because they’re inappropriate.
Others are banned because they’re too honest.

This one?
It forces you to sit with uncomfortable questions about power, control, and autonomy.

And that’s exactly why I’m reading it.

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksSeries #TheHandmaidsTale #MargaretAtwood #BookTok #Bookstagram #ReadersOfInstagram #DystopianFiction #WomenEmpowerment #ReadMoreBooks #ControversialBooks #FreedomToRead #BookReels

Re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird and finishing it in one sitting—again.

It remains one of the most challenged books in the U.S., largely due to its portrayal of race and injustice.

That discomfort is precisely the point.

Literature that endures tends to ask questions people would rather avoid.

#BannedBooks #Literature #ToKillAMockingbird #FreedomToRead #ClassicBooks

I wanted something I could stay consistent with—even on low-energy days.

So I’m starting a banned books series.

Book #1 is To Kill a Mockingbird.

Because the stories people try to silence…
are usually the ones we need the most.

#BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks #BookSeries #WomenWhoRead #BookishLife #FreedomToRead #ChronicIllnessLife #LowEnergyDays #HealingThroughBooks #SoftButStrong #BookCommunity #ReaderLife