#bannedbooks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bannedbooks, aggregated by home.social.
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Hey #MomsForLiberty, I mean Moms for #fascism, I taught #Beloved today -- you know, one of your favorite books to ban, the one that won a #Nobel -- and the discussion was wonderful, thoughtful, powerful. The students were blown away by #Morrison's voice, writing, story. We talked about a lot about #grief, generational #trauma, and the power of stories. And F you for trying to take them away.
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Book challenges came from 1) pressure groups, decision-makers or government officials (92%), parents (2.7%), or individual readers (1.4%).
The American #Library Association (ALA)'s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) says "#BookBans were not sparked by concerned #parents, [or] the result of grassroots efforts. They were part of a politically driven campaign to suppress the stories of #LGBTQIA+ & Bipoc communities.”
40% of the #BannedBooks were about #gays, #minorities.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/us-libraries-banned-books -
Book challenges came from 1) pressure groups, decision-makers or government officials (92%), parents (2.7%), or individual readers (1.4%).
The American #Library Association (ALA)'s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) says "#BookBans were not sparked by concerned #parents, [or] the result of grassroots efforts. They were part of a politically driven campaign to suppress the stories of #LGBTQIA+ & Bipoc communities.”
40% of the #BannedBooks were about #gays, #minorities.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/us-libraries-banned-books -
Book challenges came from 1) pressure groups, decision-makers or government officials (92%), parents (2.7%), or individual readers (1.4%).
The American #Library Association (ALA)'s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) says "#BookBans were not sparked by concerned #parents, [or] the result of grassroots efforts. They were part of a politically driven campaign to suppress the stories of #LGBTQIA+ & Bipoc communities.”
40% of the #BannedBooks were about #gays, #minorities.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/us-libraries-banned-books -
Book challenges came from 1) pressure groups, decision-makers or government officials (92%), parents (2.7%), or individual readers (1.4%).
The American #Library Association (ALA)'s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) says "#BookBans were not sparked by concerned #parents, [or] the result of grassroots efforts. They were part of a politically driven campaign to suppress the stories of #LGBTQIA+ & Bipoc communities.”
40% of the #BannedBooks were about #gays, #minorities.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/us-libraries-banned-books -
Book challenges came from 1) pressure groups, decision-makers or government officials (92%), parents (2.7%), or individual readers (1.4%).
The American #Library Association (ALA)'s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) says "#BookBans were not sparked by concerned #parents, [or] the result of grassroots efforts. They were part of a politically driven campaign to suppress the stories of #LGBTQIA+ & Bipoc communities.”
40% of the #BannedBooks were about #gays, #minorities.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/us-libraries-banned-books -
Been #reading this and it's pretty good so far! It was part of my #bannedbooks stack I believe. It's about #nativeamerican #environmentaljustice. I'm not sure how it stands as a source but it's been an interesting read.
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Of course, I need to have a bag to carry my books around in when I travel. And, of course, some magazines to peruse (with cartoons)! Some good reading #InTheseTimes!
#AmReading #AntiImperialism #Antifascism #Anarchist #Bookstodon #BookBag #BannedBooks #ReadWithPride #ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #Resistance #ReadingForResistance
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Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...
I read #FrankWaters "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.
#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.
Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.
"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by #EricaLagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).
#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow
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@adriabailton
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at https://untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, RHPS, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB and Youtube.My next convention will be Balticon at the end of May. Until then, I'm on social media and writing and worrying about my friends.
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #supernatural #comics #ZNB #bannedbooks
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@neve
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at https://untilmidnight.comSee me talk about SF/F,, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB and Youtube.
Find me the last Monday of the month at Corbit-Calloway Library at the #bannedbookclub (This month: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen)
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #supernatural #comics #ZNB #bannedbooks
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@Priyajsridhar
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at https://untilmidnight.comSee me talk about SF/F,, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB and Youtube.
Find me the last Monday of the month at Corbit-Calloway Library at the #bannedbookclub (This month: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen)
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #supernatural #comics #ZNB #bannedbooks
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@Priyajsridhar
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at https://untilmidnight.comSee me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB and Youtube.
Find me the last Monday of the month at Corbit-Calloway Library at the #bannedbookclub (This month: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen)
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #supernatural #comics #ZNB #bannedbooks
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Harmi että tämä dokumentti ei ole tulossa yleiseen levitykseen Suomessa. Mutta jos sinulla on sopivia kontakteja, ehdota leffateatterillesi että hankkivat tämän nähtäväksi. #sensuuri #sananvapaus #kirjastot #bannedbooks #thelibrariansdocumentary
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iq3bsnqbfmihiwha7v7mutn4/post/3mbokuqdkb22j -
Harmi että tämä dokumentti ei ole tulossa yleiseen levitykseen Suomessa. Mutta jos sinulla on sopivia kontakteja, ehdota leffateatterillesi että hankkivat tämän nähtäväksi. #sensuuri #sananvapaus #kirjastot #bannedbooks #thelibrariansdocumentary
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iq3bsnqbfmihiwha7v7mutn4/post/3mbokuqdkb22j -
It's a review-less day, but I wanted to take the time to wish all my friends in the Bookish Community a very Happy Christmas with my very Bookish tree! #Bookthreads #BookSky#Bookstagram #Bookstadon #BannedBooks #ReadingRainbow #MychalThreets #LeVarBurton #PBS #Christmas2025
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@Priyajsridhar
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at https://untilmidnight.comSee me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB and Youtube.
Find me the last Monday of the month at Corbit-Calloway Library at the #bannedbookclub
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #supernatural #comics #ZNB #bannedbooks
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Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries
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Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries
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Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries
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Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries
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Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries
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My task list is so long I forgot to post about Banned Book Week, which ends tomorrow. Ugh.
But the battle for information does not end tomorrow. Here are some links. Read banned books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challenged_books_in_the_United_States
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
https://bookshop.org/lists/banned-and-challenged-books-updated-2025
#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #ReadBannedBooks #Books #Reading #Fascism
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“Our reporting on book bans remains a bellwether of a larger campaign to restrict and control education and public narratives, wreaking havoc on our public schools and democracy”
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Banned books: Why you should read these targeted titles now – USA Today
Why you should read these banned books now
USA TODAY Staff, USA TODAY
As journalists, it’s our job to seek out the truth even when it’s uncomfortable. We value diverse perspectives, are open to new ideas and respect intellectual freedom. So it should come as no surprise that the thought of banning a book would get us riled.
What happens when a book is challenged in school boards and public libraries? Titles can be removed from school curriculums or library shelves. Most public schools and libraries have boards made up of elected officials or members appointed by elected officials. It is by the power of these officials that a book can go from challenged to banned in a school district or public library.
Sure, there is the argument you can just purchase a book if it’s taken off public shelves. But that is true only for those with financial resources. For many, particularly children and young adults, school and public libraries are the only means to access literature.
With that in mind, current and former USA TODAY staff picked a challenged or banned book that was meaningful to them. In the books’ defense, we’ve written why they deserve a place in our schools, libraries and society.
‘Looking for Alaska’ by John Green
Young people don’t typically seek out stories about grief, but I did after being hit with the sour reality that terrible things can happen to those you love and the world just moves on. Clinging to my signed first-edition, which I reread multiple times and used quotes from in my journal, is something of a core memory to my 12-year-old self. This book is challenged for explicit writing, but it offered the “stick-it-to-the-man”ness I needed to defy expectations and endeavor to be better than the generation that came before. Over a decade after my first read, I can still feel the protest that John Green’s words invoked to seek growth and understanding above all. And that grief never leaves you, it only grows with you. – Sam WoodwardCheck out: USA TODAY’s weekly Best-selling Booklist
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Growing up, Junie B. Jones felt more like a spunky pal than a book character. It’s not a moral lesson I remember, but just plain fun. This series has been banned on the basis that Junie is not a good role model. She’s loud and uses words like “dumb” and “stupid.” What are we telling girls if we say the only books they can read have polished, quiet protagonists? What do we stand to lose if we tell girls they can’t be messy? Series author Barbara Park once told USA TODAY a story is valuable even if it “gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two.” I couldn’t agree more. – Clare Mulroy
‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas
ACOTAR – as its known by fans – starts when a woman named Feyre is kidnapped and taken to a faerie realm where a blight is plaguing the land. First, she is just figuring out how to survive, but soon she falls in love with Prythian and its subjects. What unfolds is an epic (and spicy) romance, found family, meaty twists and an adventure that brings an immersive world full of magic to life.
Read ACOTAR the first time to enjoy the ride. Read it the second time to pick up on every hint into the greater Maasverse. Read it the third time because you can’t go a year without saying hello to your favorite characters. – Niki Gunter
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Banned books: Why you should read these targeted titles now
#2025 #America #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #Books #DonaldTrump #Education #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #ReadBannedBooks #Reading #Resistance #Science #Technology #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #USAToday
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Books that make us uncomfortable are so important. Blocking access to other views, experiences, and lives stunts us. People need to experience the world, the good, the bad, and the ugly, no matter how uncomfortable that makes you. It's how we learn, grow, and gain empathy. Banning books just shows your fear and your need for power over others.
#BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks #BookRecommendations #BookLightEditorial #BookCommunity
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It's Banned Books Week from Oct. 5-11! My little free library is ready. #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks #Little_Free_Library
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In this time of rampant book banning, a reminder that four library systems in the US offer the Books Unbanned program giving access to their electronic collections to young people anywhere across the country. Seattle Public Library's program is open to young people from 13 to 26, and over 19,000 have signed up for a card, and checked out more than 571,400 ebooks and audiobooks so far.
To get a Books Unbanned card at SPL, get reading recommendations, or find out more information about the program, check out:
https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned(Edited 10/8/2025 with the most recent numbers, there's been quite in increase in use.)
#BannedBooksWeek2025 #BannedBooks #BooksUnbanned #FreedomToRead #libraries #SPL #PNW @Libraries
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Looking for more banned books to read before the #ThoughtPolice try to criminalize reading them. There’s something powerful about diving into stories they fear, ideas they want silenced and truths they hope we’ll ignore. #BannedBooks
#FightCensorship
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#nimitz Naval Academy 381banned books https://lithub.com/the-naval-academy-banned-over-300-books-from-its-library/
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Currently reading: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Continuing my goal to read as many banned books as possible this year. #nowreading #bookstodon #bannedbooks #UncleTomsCabin #harrietbeecherstowe
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#Florida #official #claims #state ‘does not #ban #books’. That isn’t #true
Twenty-one of Florida’s 67 counties #bannedbooks last year. Five removed more than 10 titles, with #ClayCounty taking 177 from its school library shelves following 489 objections – 94 per cent of which reportedly came from no more than one #individual each time.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/21/florida-book-bans-denied/
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"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."
"In fact," said Mustapha Mond, "You're claiming the right to be unhappy."
"All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy."
--Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1932
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Hey, #hivemind! We bet some of you #wordnerds have considered writing a children's book at some point. Find out what the process is really like from #NYTSpellingbee doer, author, and illustrator Sarah S. Brannen! Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E12_BooksAndBees or wherever you get your #podcasts. #childrensbooks #bannedbooks #wordgames #nytsb #spellingbee #nytwordplay #nytgames https://www.sarahbrannen.com
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Hey, #hivemind! We bet some of you #wordnerds have considered writing a children's book at some point. Find out what the process is really like from #NYTSpellingbee doer, author, and illustrator Sarah S. Brannen! Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E12_BooksAndBees or wherever you get your #podcasts. #childrensbooks #bannedbooks #wordgames #nytsb #spellingbee #nytwordplay #nytgames https://www.sarahbrannen.com
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Hey, #hivemind! We bet some of you #wordnerds have considered writing a children's book at some point. Find out what the process is really like from #NYTSpellingbee doer, author, and illustrator Sarah S. Brannen! Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E12_BooksAndBees or wherever you get your #podcasts. #childrensbooks #bannedbooks #wordgames #nytsb #spellingbee #nytwordplay #nytgames https://www.sarahbrannen.com
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A quick #NYTspellingbee = time for a new episode of T&B! This week: HOMOPHONEs, HIRAGANA & a delightful convo w/ #childrensbooks author/illustrator @SarahBrannen. Listen @ https://bit.ly/S3E12_BooksAndBees or wherever you get your #podcasts. #Hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #nytsb #spellingbee #hiragana #bannedbooks #wordnerds
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A quick #NYTspellingbee = time for a new episode of T&B! This week: HOMOPHONEs, HIRAGANA & a delightful convo w/ #childrensbooks author/illustrator @SarahBrannen. Listen @ https://bit.ly/S3E12_BooksAndBees or wherever you get your #podcasts. #Hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #nytsb #spellingbee #hiragana #bannedbooks #wordnerds
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When the #Fascists Arrive Holding Hands With the #Oligarchs.
Once the #Nazis took power in #Germany they #bannedbooks, #outlawed #dragshows, and #homosexuality, changed #school #curricula to remove mention of their #atrocities in #WWI, and rewrote #electionlaws so they’d never again lose an election. Sound familiar?
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #History #RepublicanParty #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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100-year-old #Florida woman speaks out against #BookBans, creates quilt to show opposition
#GraceLinn #martincounty #bookbanning #quilt #freedom #bannedbooks
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Everyone, pass this on to whomever may benefit (boost to spread the word!): 13-21 year olds anywhere can apply for a free Brooklyn Public Library e-card to gain access to these books, as part of their "Books Unbanned” campaign. https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned
#BooksUnbanned #FreedomToRead #FightCensorship #BannedBooks
