Celebrate Pride by helping to remove book banners from positions of power
Books written for younger audiences are being relocated to adult sections at alarming rates. We asked experts to predict what that means for the rest of us.
A must-read from the always brilliant @joannahowrites.bsky.social
I love when resolving a small narrative issue (protagonist needs an iron to get himself presentable for a job interview) introduces a new character (the guy down the hall who has an iron).
I didn't plan on that guy being in the story, but hey, he has an iron!
Books written for younger audiences are being relocated to adult sections at alarming rates. We asked experts to predict what that means for the rest of us.
🚨Bad news. A THIRD National book banning bill has passed committee in the house.🚨
Meet the CHARLIE act that will prohibit the teaching of what they call: equity ideology (not white supremacist jingoistic history)
More from @authorsabb.bsky.social when we have it.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Excited to see @briannajett.bsky.social and Courtney Gould at the Literary Arts bookstore tomorrow! literary-arts.org/event/briann...
Pride Month is an excellent time to join @authorsabb.bsky.social if you're an author, illustrator, anthology editor, or other book creator! Help us keep books by and about queer people on shelves. Help us to ensure no one's story gets erased!
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Authors Against Book Bans
404 Media
TLDR: call your house reps to demand they vote NO on 8705 and 7661
Call your senators to demand they vote NO on 2616
All three seek to ban books nationally. All three are the fever dream of bigots. All three must be stopped.
As part of the fight against the national book bans, we've made candidate scorecards for the original sponsors of HR 7661. If any of these Representatives are running in a race in your district/state, you can use these cards to help inform your community. This is gonna be a big old thread...
