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"Imagination had truly begun to shrivel and fade away, proving that if you control a human being's circumstances, you can drive their development in a certain direction..." (1/2) #booksky #bookcensorship

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Another Good Listen ~ 2025

Standing against book bans. Standing for following protocols already in place. And Amanda Jones fighting back against lies spread on social media.

@librarianjones.com
#fightingbookbans
#bookcensorship

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open.substack.com/pub/booktalk...

#bannedbooks #bookcensorship #bookcommunity #reading
#readbannedbooks #librarylove #libraries #bookworm

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I know lots of guys who have super long, lush lashes. WTF is she on about, and why didn't she get laughed out of the room? #SMDH
#BookCensorship

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Seven tips for connecting with the press: 1. Lead with a human story. 2. Keep your outreach short and clear. 3. Offer yourself as a reliable source. 4. Send timely updates. 5. Build relationships not one offs. 6. Make it easy to fact check. 7. Be available.

Seven tips for connecting with the press: 1. Lead with a human story. 2. Keep your outreach short and clear. 3. Offer yourself as a reliable source. 4. Send timely updates. 5. Build relationships not one offs. 6. Make it easy to fact check. 7. Be available.

Want to speak up for the Freedom to Read and get the press to pay attention? Here are quick, effective tips.

Your voice matters. And when the press hears it, the public does too.
Keep showing up, keep speaking out, and keep defending the right to read.

#FreedomToRead #BookCensorship #PressFreedom

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if you could go back and give your teenage self one banned book they definitely weren't going to find in their school library, what would it be?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #BookCommunity #TeachersOfBlueSky

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what's the most ridiculous book you've seen on a "challenged books" list that made you think "seriously, THIS is what we're worried about?"
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #LiteraryFreedom #BookCommunity

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what book made you realize "oh shit, this is exactly what they don't want us to figure out"?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #ProgressivePodcasts

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what's a book you read that made you understand why some people are so terrified of letting kids think for themselves?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #FreedomToRead #LiteraryFreedom

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which author do you think is secretly thrilled every time one of their books gets banned because it just proves their point?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #BookLovers #ComedyPodcast

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if you could force every book banner to actually read one banned book, which would you choose?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead

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if you ran a bookstore, which banned book would you put right in the front window just to make a point?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #BookCommunity

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which banned book do you think every politician should be forced to read before they can vote on education policy?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #FreedomToRead #ProgressivePodcasts

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what's a book you loved as a kid that you now realize was probably banned somewhere for being "too real"?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #BookCommunity #LiteraryFreedom

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teachers and librarians, what's the weirdest reason someone has given you for why a book is "inappropriate"?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #TeachersOfBlueSky #LiteraryFreedom

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which book sitting on your shelf right now would probably piss off your most conservative relative?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #FreedomToRead #BookLovers

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what book did a teacher recommend to you that you're pretty sure they weren't technically supposed to recommend?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #TeachersOfBlueSky #BookLovers

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what book do you think would absolutely break a book banner's brain if they actually had to read it before banning it?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ComedyPodcast #ProgressivePodcasts

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if your high school tried to ban one book today, which one would cause the biggest shitstorm with parents or students?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #TeachersOfBlueSky #LibraryLife

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be honest, have you ever picked up a book specifically because someone said you shouldn't read it?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #BookCommunity

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what's the first book that made you feel like you were getting away with something just by reading it?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #BookLovers #AmReading

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if you could sneak one banned book into every school library in america without anyone noticing, which would you choose?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #TeachersOfBlueSky

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what book completely changed how you see the world but you'd never recommend it to your parents?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #BookLovers #FreedomToRead

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Book censorship in US schools has become 'rampant and common', free speech advocates warn Since July 2021, PEN America has documented more than 22,800 cases of book bans across 45 states and 451 public school districts.

A free speech advocacy group warned on Oct. 1 that #bookcensorship in #publicschools across the United States has become "rampant and common," with #bookbans increasing significantly over the last few years.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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#BookIndustryNews #BannedBooks

Animal Farm by Orwell is an allegory about animals overthrowing humans but falling into tyranny. Banned in Russia, China & Iran for its political critique.

#AnimalFarmSeries #ReadBannedBooks #BookCensorship

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Alberta needs to 'take a step back' on book bans: library association
Alberta needs to 'take a step back' on book bans: library association YouTube video by CBC News

youtube.com/watch?v=7haK... @anniegirl.bsky.social @feistywaters.com @merlinofcanada.bsky.social @cmcalgary.bsky.social @calgaryoccupy.bsky.social @altluciecatnip.bsky.social #Alberta is the only jurisdiction with #bookcensorship in #Canada 🀬

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Plant City Officials Advocate for Naming Technical College After Community Leaders Community leaders urge Plant City school board to name technical college after Rick Lott.

Contentious debates over book censorship and the safety of educators took center stage at the Hillsborough County School Board meeting, igniting passionate responses from the community.

Click to read more!

#FL #CitizenPortal #CommunityLeadership #EducatorSafety #BookCensorship

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"Children don't need protection from books; they need protection from hate and discrimination."
#BookBanning #BookCensorship #PridePuppy

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My custom feed that picks up posts mentioning #BookBanning #BookCensorship etc from a list of approved users. See pinned post in feed for more info about the feed and how to post (pls don't reply here, thx).

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Library Board Votes To Move Some 'Challenged' Books Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.comΒ  Β  Β  Β  OTHERS LEFT IN PLACEΒ  After hearing individual reviews of each book and the recommendations from two-person board-member teams randomly-assigned to read them, the Fairhope library board of trustees voted Monday afternoon to relocate five books challenged in 2023 (under the previous standards) by patrons for alleged sexually-explicit content policy violations -- and to keep nine others in place.Β  The 14 books were also on a list sent from Alabama State Library Service director John Wahl pertaining to the suspension of state funding to the Fairhope library earlier this year, for violating new state policies adopted in 2024. Book titles relocated included: Boy Toy, Damsel, The Haters, and Tricks -- from teen to adult section. Beyond Magenta, Shine, Crank, Doing It, Identical, Lighter Than My Shade, The Handmaid's Tale, and Perks of Being A Wallflower were some left in the teen section after the evaluations determined they met current Fairhope library policy standards. Β Β  One book, Sex is a Funny Word, was moved to the 'parental shelf '-- still in the youth section.Β  Chairperson Randall Wright commented she felt like "The Sword of Damocles is hanging over our heads," no matter what was done some will still be unhappy. No members of the public spoke during the meeting but Elizabeth Williams of the local Read Freely Alabama organization told the Times after she was appreciative of the board members' hard work and hoped the ALS would now see fit to release the suspended funding. Library Board members are all unpaid volunteers. http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFairhopeTimes

Fairhope Times:Alabama News Beacon #LibraryBoard #ChallengedBooks #Fairhope #Alabama #BookCensorship

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