Judd LegumWait until all the right-wing activists trying to ban books from school libraries to protect children from "inappropriate" content find out about the internet
@billclassified@juddlegum seriously, their kids need to get on Instagram, NOT
LaMarshall@juddlegum THANK YOU! This is what I’ve been saying—and, as a college professor, how hard it is to GET a kid to read at all.
Brian 🇨🇦@juddlegum @laurajhmarshall Agreed. I teach writing as well. The best I can hope for is a quick read and write. I throw prompts at them every day. If it is interesting enough, they’ll read it and then write a few lines.
kbkorbIt's all context dependent. On the internet they advocate for freedom of abuse... er, I mean freedom of speech.
Rumblestiltskin@juddlegum In Canadian parliament right now there are discussions about adding age verification to certain sites like the UK did. I am surprised that hasn't appeared in the USA yet from religious politicians.
Sharon Gibson MorganThere's a host of sites offering free book titles--particularly banned books--in .pdf formatting for PCs, Kindle and other e-readers.
The Brooklyn Public Library also offers to teens nationwide electronic library cards to check out banned books. https://tinyl.io/7U8R [I learned this evening this service is no longer available.]
These right-wing activists draw more attention to a title by protesting it, which makes a given book all the more interesting.
Milcom MiasmaI'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but BPL no longer offers library cards to anyone outside the state of New York. 🙁
Oh, well that sucks.
@SharonGibson3 @juddlegum I'm sorry to say that's no longer the case regarding BPL. Looks like they stopped issuing out of state library cards as of July 15, 2022
Rhinestone Squirrel@juddlegum Oh, the next thing on their agenda will be censoring the internet like they do in China and Russia.
Kathy3478@juddlegum This is so overblown. Just send the school a list of books you don’t want your children to read. Parental Rights aren’t just for Christi-fascists.
Chris Peters@juddlegum here in Oklahoma we have law makers with bills ready to put a movie/TV style rating system on books in school libraries.
Joyographic@chrispeters @juddlegum kids will naturally want to read the books with the most restrictive ratings
@joyographic yep. I grew up evangelical. As soon as I left my parents house I began seeking out mature rated movies. But this isn’t about keeping kids from reading certain content it’s to make a system that allows bigots to target groups they hate.
@chrispeters My father forbade me to read just one book ("The Monkey Wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey). Of course I snuck it from the shelves and read it when he wasn't around, putting it back before he got home until I had finished it. Later I became an environmental activist...
@joyographic my dad didn’t read books. My mom kind of read the Bible and other Christian self help books. Therefore I didn’t read books outside of ones required in school. My first book I read front to back as a 19-20 year old was the Hobbit then LoTR.
We're Not In Kansas Anymore😂 Bwa-ha-ha!!!!