The fight against #bookbans is about democracy. Do not take our values for granted

Tennessee: Rutherford County Library Director Could Face Disciplinary Action Over LGBTQIA Book Stance (via Daily News Journal) www.dnj.com/story/news/2... ||| Archived Version of Article archive.ph/cQ6lU #books #bookbans #librarians #libraries

Rutherford County library director could face disciplinary action over LGBTQIA book stance Rutherford County Library System Dir. Luanne James recently took a 1st Amendment stand on children's LGBTQIA books that could draw disciplinary action.

Rutherford County library director could face disciplinary action over LGBTQIA book stance - #BookBans #Tennessee #PublicLibraries #Libraries

What to Say About Book Bans at School Board and Library Meetings If you aren’t sure how to talk about book bans at school board meetings or public library meetings, start here.

PEN America, an organization dedicated to #freeexpression around the world, has a guide to getting involved and speaking against #bookbans at community gatherings or #schoolboard meetings.

pen.org/what-to-say-...

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"I Will Not Comply": Librarian Luanne James Fights Censorship Demands of Rutherford County Library System's Board Rutherford County Library System's director continues to fight back against a library board that demands she remove books, share private info.

#BookSky #bookbans
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Bertelsmann cranks up legal fight against US book bans as market grows Bertelsmann has stepped up legal efforts to counter the so‑called book bans in the U.S., ​a market that is becoming an increasingly important part ‌of the German media group's business, its chief exec...

ICYMI Bertelsmann cranks up legal fight against US book bans as market grows (via @reuters.com) www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #books #libraries #bookbans #publishers

Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal The Salford school tells us they ‘don’t recognise’ the librarian’s version of events

“part of the country’s largest multi-academy trust – a vast organisation which has a Christian ethos and counts the Archbishop of Canterbury as a patron.”

#fascism #bookbans

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Agreed. Problem is, logic has nothing to do with this "debate" over #guncontrol (which SHOULD be a no brainer, but doesn't work when you are actually dealing with people who have no brains - or choose not to use theirs).

And then there are the equally illogical (lack of) discussions over #bookbans!

An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-s...

#BookBans #Censorship #DefendResearch #Libraries

George Orwell's 1984 purged from school library by AI 'Big Brother', campaigners say The school library has purged nearly 200 books, using AI to deem titles like '1984' and ‘Twilight’ inappropriate

An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-s...

#BookBans #Censorship #DefendResearch #Libraries #Librarysky

Never in recorded history has a four-year-old found his father’s loaded book and accidentally killed his younger sister with it.

BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS

#guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism

Never in recorded history has a four-year-old found his father’s loaded book and accidentally killed his younger sister with it. BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS #guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism

Never in recorded history has a four-year-old found his father’s loaded book and accidentally killed his younger sister with it.
BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS
#guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

Never in recorded history has a four-year-old found his father’s loaded book and accidentally killed his younger sister with it.

BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS

#guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism

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Steve Rose: ‘In 20 years most of the world could be #racist dictatorships’: Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fear-mongering. How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the […]

Utah adds 4 books to growing list of 27 titles now banned from all public schools The newly banned titles, all written by women, include the graphic novel adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale," by Margaret Atwood.

Welp, more book bans in Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

#BookBans #Utah #EducateYourself

‘In 20 years most of the world could be racist dictatorships’: Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fear-mongering — Guardian US How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness

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#bookbans

‘In 20 years most of the world could be racist dictatorships’: Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fear-mongering How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness

#Interview

‘In 20 years most of the world could be racist dictatorships’: #IbramXKendi on #bookbans and #far-right #fear-mongering

How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors approx 200 books

www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

Pls share. We’re not immune to book bans in UK & unlike USA there is no central body monitoring this

#censorship #education #booksky #bookbans #UKpol

Catch “FREADOM on Trial: Rights and Responsibilities in Island Trees Board of Education v. Pico” by Bettendorf Middle School student Adrian Gillette at CRIFF 2026!
Playing: Sat 5:25 pm, Theatre 2 | Sun 3:00 pm, Theatre 2
#StudentDocumentary #StudentFilm #BookBans #CedarRapidsIndependentFilmFestival

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - #BookBans #UnitedKingdom #Libraries

Tell Your Representative to Vote NO on House Bill 7661 H.R. 7661 would modify the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by prohibiting use of funds for "sexually oriented" materials.  The bill uses ...

H.R. 7661 would modify the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by prohibiting use of funds for "sexually oriented" materials.
Who gets to decide? Is it holding hands? Kissing? What about books like Speak that teach themes about consent?
#bookbans #library
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Banned and Challenged Books (UPDATED 2026) READ BANNED BOOKSBanned Books in the U.S.

Banned & challenged books in the U. S. in 2026 (including Fahrenheit 451!):

bookshop.org/lists/banned...

#bookbans #bannedbooks

Call your rep and confirm they are VOTING NO on HR 7661!

#authorsagainstbookbans #bookbans #libraries

A good discussion (albeit with herself) regarding #smut #porn and #bookbans

youtube.com/shorts/ZY-AD...

Don't Ban Books in the United States Across the country, politicians are trying to decide what Americans are allowed to read. Books are being pulled from school shelves, challenged in public libraries, and targeted for removal not becaus

Tweets disappear. Emails get buried. But a postcard on a desk? That gets noticed. civicmail.org/about-campai... via @civicmail.bsky.social #bookbans #libraries

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

Sign this petition against the federal banning of books.

If you can afford to buy banned books for Little Libraries, please do so. I suspect some banned books are on the Project Gutenberg website.

action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661?

#bookbans #bookmarking #fascism #neoNazis #Americanfascism #LGBTQIA

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

Don't let the American government decide what books you and your family are allowed to read. Please share!

action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social #bookbans #libraries

Intellectual Freedom News 3/13/2026 ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...

Catch up with the latest links from around the U.S. on the 3/13/26 @oif.bsky.social #IntellectionFreedom News. A link to an article re: #bookbans in Utah is shocking for any who cares about the literature available to teens. #TLSky #EduSky #UniteAgainstBookBans! www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661?

H.R. 7661 ties school funding to book restrictions, creating censorship.

Sign the petition, contact your reps to support the Right to Read Act and Fight Book Bans Act, and share your opposition to government control over what we read!

#books #read #bookbans

The Fanbase Weekly: Episode #283 (One Book Ban After Another & More) - Fanbasepress In The Fanbase Weekly, the Fanbase Press staff and a host of special guests from across the pop culture spectrum discuss the top geek stories of the week.

Ep. #283 of THE FANBASE WEEKLY podcast Is Live with Special Guests @patrickmcoyle.bsky.social & @bencranewrites.com Discussing #BookBans, #Aliens, #DarkHorseComics & more of the Latest #GeekNews!

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