my first freelance piece for CNN is all about Stop! That! Train! and why it's the perfect response to the right-wing moral panic about drag because it dares to ask...what's so scary about a bunch of glamorous clowns??
"I didn't know it was that bad."
"I had no idea."
"How can they get away with that?"
Whenever I talk about book bans and censorship in spaces that aren't primarily filled with educators, librarians, book creators, and publishing people, that's always the reaction. Most people still have no idea.