#read banned books

[wilwheaton]

Florida and Texas, trying to out-fascist each other again.

#read banned books #banned books are good for you

[soberscientistlife]

Banning books is dangerous

#read banned books #books and reading

[detroitlib]

#read banned books #read #books #cat #cats #reaading

[big-low-t]

#library #books & libraries #books & literature #reading #read banned books

[isaacsapphire]

Banned books

The perennial topic, the regularly scheduled table of "banned books" at Borders and the public library.

The people who tell you that censorship is just sparkling repression unless it's done by a government tell you that a book is "banned" because one parent in Bumfuq, Kansas (population: 2436 if we count the prison) said they didn't want their 8 year old to be required to read it for a class they are legally required to attend, regardless of if this parent's objections were obeyed.

Meanwhile, what's not on the "banned books" table, because it isn't being printed (anymore), got "weeded" from the library, or otherwise isn't in the building because it don't fit the sociopolitical ideology of the people who assemble those displays?

Salman Rushdie books aside, has anything on that table ever been repressed by a government?

#censorship #banned books #read banned books #public school #education industrial complex #books & libraries #public libraries #library #publishing industry #original post

[ashleyfableblack]

Queen Twilight says "Read Banned Books".

Inspired by Bangsandteeth

#my art #my little pony #twilight teaches banned books in canon #mlp fanart #queen twilight #twilight sparkle #banned books #fuck book banners #alicorn #knowledge is power #knowledge #read banned books #conservatives fear knowledge #knowledge should never be forbidden #book banners are never the good guys #beware the man who witholds knowledge from you for in his mind he sees himself as your master

[archivlibrarianist]

From this article:

"The article included photos of several handwritten lists of books that students have requested their libraries bring in. Normally, librarians would order these right away to keep students’ interests, as long they are a good fit for the collection. Now, librarians are holding onto these long lists in the hopes they can order them in the future — in the meantime, though, many students have gotten tired of waiting and stopped going to the library at all."

That's the goal. That's why they're doing this. Don't let them win.

#libraries #school libraries #American libraries #banned books #censorship #reading #children's services #YA services #teen services #literacy #read banned books #that's where the good stuff is #ask your parents or a librarian if they think you're ready #and parents: TALK TO YOUR DAMN KIDS ABOUT WHAT THEY READ #and what they watch see and hear #this is fascism

[knithacker]

Knit a 'Read Banned Books Cowl' Designed by Megan-Anne Llama: 👉 https://buff.ly/3dZXrxy 🧶📚

#knitting #craftivism #craftivist #handmade #diy #banned books #read banned books

[wardsutton]

I meant to post this piece I created for The Boston Globe during Banned Books Week but got busy and missed it. Then again, every week should be Banned Books Week, so here you go:

#editorial cartoons #boston globe #editorial cartoon #political cartoons #cartoons #political cartoon #ward sutton #sutton impact #banned books #banned books week #read banned books #freedom to read

[imagine-all-the-people]

I was at the library yesterday and picked up a book about the rise in power of police.

This was the first page. 📖

#read banned books #read books #reading #truth #quotes #text post #i love the library

[soberscientistlife]

Today's reminder that republican governors are still banning books, so you need to read every book you can get your hands on.

#read banned books

[nattyjae]

Old-Man Rex For Change - He's Always Been an Advocate :)

Yes, he's got one piercing - try to find the force symbol in each picture - he's reading Gender Queer, Stamped, The Hate U Give, & Two Boys Kissing - That's a Gay Pride Flag on his shoulders - And yes, he made his signs.

#rex #captain rex #the clone wars #star wars rebels #rex star wars #black lives matter #read banned books #rex for change #love is love #star wars

[the---hermit]

Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman

This graphic novel classic has been on my radar for years. Ever since I started reading this genre I remember seeing this book in bookshops and being pulled to it. I have no idea why I waited so long to finally pick it up, but I am very happy I finally did. As you might know, if you have read some of my book reviews before, not only I really love graphic novels, but I also have a whole section of biographical graphic novel and historical graphic novels. This book in particular is telling the experience of the author's dad during the second world war. The author mixes scenes in which he as an adult asks is father about what happened, and his father's life as a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust. The book is divided in two volumes the first going from before the war to the invasion of Poland and the author's father experiences until he was brought to Auschwitz, the second volume is telling is experience in Auschwitz all the way to the end to the war.

One of the peculiarities of the book is how the author portrays characters, as he usues animal as a metaphor. Jewish people are represented as mice, nazis are represented as cats, Polish people are represented as pigs, French people as frogs and Americans as dogs. The contraposition between mice and cats is really strong, and it was a very clever way to represent his characters in my opinion. This book is incredibly layered. There's a lot of feeling to it, not only obviously linked to everything that happened during the war, but also between the author and his father. I liked how the author portrayed how complicated his relationship to his father was, it felt very honest and vulnerable. Of course the main body of the story, being set during the war is very emotionally heavy, but it's also told extremly well. To see one specific experience of that time makes all the terrible events we all know about hit even harder. It shows, as the author says himself, that to survive it did take luck, but also every move a person made or not could count and make a difference. His father was a very resorceful and intelligent man who played all the cards he had in order to survive everything he had to face.

As you probably know this book has been banned in the US a lot in recent times (which thankfully also made a lot of people finally pick it up), and I cannot stress enoug hhow important it is to read books that are being banned. In my personal opinion this book could very well be assigned as a reading in high school when studying WWII. We used to have assigned reading that sometimes had to do with whatever we were studying in other subjects, and honestly this book would work very well. The art is indescribable, it's perfect for the story it tells, there's a lot of symbolism that adds a whole other layer to the narration as I was saying, it's very dark and helps to carry the feelings of what is happening. It's a book you should read no matter who you are. It's a classic in the graphic novel genre for a reason.

#maus #bookblr #booklr #book #books #graphic novel #banned book #read banned books #book rec #book review #book recommendation #reading #mine #the---hermit

[rararatigan]

What are you so afraid of?

“Read banned books”

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[trouserchili]

#read banned books

[nerdby]

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