This makes me sick. The religious right is doing everything it can to deprive children and adolescents the opportunity to learn and think. They need to be able to indoctrinate more young people into their Christofascist army and they can’t do that if they have the freedom to read https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/
Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi

Public libraries in Mississippi have cut off access to digital platforms like Overdrive and Hoopla to those under 18.

BOOK RIOT

@DrPsyBuffy This is why other library systems in blue states are allowing young people to sign up as their patrons, which allows them to borrow books electronically. Being in other states they don’t fall under Mississippi jurisdiction.

As sick as this situation is - and it is very sick and disgusting - there is something beautiful in this effort against it, the work of people outside of this to reach in and provide what those inside can’t.

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library

In April 2022, Brooklyn Public Library joined those fighting for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions. Inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Statement, Books Unbanned is a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books from library shelves. 

@rjfaas Oh yes, those programs are so great! I worry for when Moms 4 Liberty find a way to make it so if you’re under 18 you can’t even use the internet. You know it’s on their list.
@DrPsyBuffy @rjfaas Nothing like a good, decent, fulfilling, medieval Christian education.