GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
Believing a 12-year-old is mature enough to give birth to her rapist's baby, but needs parental approval to check out a book, is peak Republican.
#Books #BannedBooks #NationalLibraryWeek #AbortionRights #RapeCulture
Verdant Square RadioNOW PLAYING == The Project Censored Show with Mickey Huff 4/15/26: The Fight to Save Student Journalism (and #freespeech with Jim Rodenbush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-O46KDafg4
#news #culture #media #journalism #commentary #ProjectCensored #MickeyHuff #EleanorGoldfield #bannedbooks #publicradio #Pacifica #SupportPublicMedia #leftist #revolution #left #antiimperialist #anticapitalist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
The Fight to Save Student Journalism (and Free Speech) with Jim Rodenbush
Chris JagsThis masterpiece was in an old (early 90s) Groo comic and seems oddly applicable to US red states today:
Evie ✩☽Been #reading this and it's pretty good so far! It was part of my #bannedbooks stack I believe. It's about #nativeamerican #environmentaljustice. I'm not sure how it stands as a source but it's been an interesting read.
A. Rivera> 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?
Stuff I found
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
Kimberlee PleziaCurrently 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
ONGOING INFORMATION CONTINUESPublic Library Association Biennial Conference Underway in Minneapolis
PLA president Brandy McNeil, deputy director of branch programs and services at the New York Public Library, opened the show with a call for “equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.” PLA president Brandy McNeil. The PLA Conference 2026 is scheduled to occur in Minneapolis from April 1 to April 3, 2026. It will offer more than 100 educational sessions, networking opportunities, and motivational speakers aimed at public library professionals. Participants will have the chance to […]