Sign this petition against the U. S. federal banning of books.
If you can afford to buy banned books to stock up local Little Libraries, please do so. I suspect some banned books are on the Project Gutenberg website.
https://action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661?
#bookbans #bookbanning #fascism #neoNazis #Americanfascism #LGBTQIA #Christofascists #Nazis #censorship #fascistbigots #BanGunsNotBooks #fascists #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #whitesupremacy #whitesupremacistpatriarchy
A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had…
Apparently, not satisfied with banning books from school libraries, Danielle Smith and the UCP now want to ban books from all public libraries across the province. 🙃
I JUST got my library card late last year and I read a LOT of queer books. I have so many on my list to read. I just took down a huge list of books someone recommended to Murderbot Diaries fans, and some of those are YA novels.
I'm so fucking sick of this government. Have I even posted about the 15-question referendum they want to do this fall, with questions like "should we give immigrants access to social services and health care?" Fuck this fucking government. Fuck them so hard.
The most active voices in #bookbanning are they who do not read...
... Or worse, read one book.
"Beware people of one book"
Political Satire: Banning My Own Book
If my books are banned, they should sell better, right?
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=20&id=182
After the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed free speech claims in Little v. Llano County last May, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to hear the case, in which a Texas library removed books on ideological grounds.
Oh FFS.
Trump admin to ban book from Yosemite National Park, says author
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/bay-area-writer-book-banned-yosemite-21171556.php
#Books #BookBanning #Censorship by Olivia Hebert via @sfgate
Authors of a book about book banning banned from discussing book banning at book tour stop. Peak post-truth society.
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