Because a book ban is not about the book. It's part and parcel with banning social transition. Parents rights is a backdoor into bigotry. It's a way to convince centrists to side with fascists without them even realizing it.

BTW when librarians push back against well-meaning people who say parents have the right to determine what their child reads but not anyone else's, this is what we mean. Parents rights almost always means denying a child's rights. A book ban is a book ban, even if 1 child is a target.

"States rights" until they get enough support and then it's federal ban all the way.

JKjessdkant.bsky.socialOct 7, 2024 1:33pm

A national social transition ban is slowly working its way through Congress. While the bill is framed around parental consent, this means that any child with unaffirming parents is legally barred from social transition, and teachers are prohibited from being affirming in *any* way.

Another book I am excited to read is: @adibkhorram.bsky.sociala.co/d/i3kCErh If you aren’t familiar with Adib’s work, it is vulnerable, fun, and the characters are just people you wanna bake cookies for. I’m excited to read this one. 💜

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This lines up with what youth services/school librarians have been saying for more than a decade. Kids read, esp if you give them material they can connect with. I guarantee whatever themes you're teaching in the "classics", I can find in current books at their reading level they'd actually enjoy.

NKnaomikritzer.bsky.socialOct 6, 2024 4:11pm

I saw that "why aren't the youths reading?" Atlantic article re-shared 8 gazillion times in the last week. Here's a response from the English teacher interviewed in the article: "The Atlantic Did Me Dirty." cmsthomas.substack.com/p/the-atlant...

The Atlantic Did Me Dirty

Early this summer I was interviewed by Rose Horowitch, an editor for The Atlantic. She told me that she had heard from a university professor that incoming students were struggling to keep up with the...

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