#bookban — Public Fediverse posts

J.K. Rowlings oder Darf Harry Potter gelesen werden?

Da war sie wieder: Die Diskussion um das x-te Buch für Schulkinder rund um die Themenwelt von Harry Potter. Diesmal war es der Band um Hermine Granger aus der Reihe der "Potter Guides". Ein Buch für Erstleser*innen aufgemacht als Leitfaden zur Figur Hermines. Die Kinder lieben es. So wie die jetzt fast Vi

https://joviseo.de/j-k-rowlings-oder-darf-harry-potter-gelesen-werden

#LESEN #Bookban #books #Literatur #Rowling #TERF #Zensur

Alberta Senator @Paulatics delivered an excellent speech warning of the harms of online censorship, moral panic, book bans, and the problems with bans and age verifications as Senate Bill S-209 moves from the Senate to the House of Commons.

Thank you Senator! I could not agree more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsf_qQzvpg

#OnlineHarms #AgeVerification #CanPoli #CdnPoli #SoberFirstThought #Canada #Censorship #BookBan #Alberta #ABPoli #DanielleSmith

Following up on Alberta's book ban legislation, CBC used Access to Information requests to compile an updated list of banned books. [1]

Last fall I posted about the initial list - which was criticized by Danielle Smith even though her legislation created it. [2]

I am sad to see graphic novel versions of Albert Camus in the list as his work greatly influenced me as a teen.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

[2] https://mastodon.social/@pkiff/115114821109946044

#Alberta #Censorship #Libraries #AlbertCamus #BookBan

Following up on Alberta's book ban legislation, CBC used Access to Information requests to compile an updated list of banned books. [1]

Last fall I posted about the initial list - which was criticized by Danielle Smith even though her legislation created it. [2]

I am sad to see graphic novel versions of Albert Camus in the list as his work greatly influenced me as a teen.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

[2] https://mastodon.social/@pkiff/115114821109946044

#Alberta #Censorship #Libraries #AlbertCamus #BookBan

Following up on Alberta's book ban legislation, CBC used Access to Information requests to compile an updated list of banned books. [1]

Last fall I posted about the initial list - which was criticized by Danielle Smith even though her legislation created it. [2]

I am sad to see graphic novel versions of Albert Camus in the list as his work greatly influenced me as a teen.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

[2] https://mastodon.social/@pkiff/115114821109946044

#Alberta #Censorship #Libraries #AlbertCamus #BookBan

Following up on Alberta's book ban legislation, CBC used Access to Information requests to compile an updated list of banned books. [1]

Last fall I posted about the initial list - which was criticized by Danielle Smith even though her legislation created it. [2]

I am sad to see graphic novel versions of Albert Camus in the list as his work greatly influenced me as a teen.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

[2] https://mastodon.social/@pkiff/115114821109946044

#Alberta #Censorship #Libraries #AlbertCamus #BookBan

Following up on Alberta's book ban legislation, CBC used Access to Information requests to compile an updated list of banned books. [1]

Last fall I posted about the initial list - which was criticized by Danielle Smith even though her legislation created it. [2]

I am sad to see graphic novel versions of Albert Camus in the list as his work greatly influenced me as a teen.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

[2] https://mastodon.social/@pkiff/115114821109946044

#Alberta #Censorship #Libraries #AlbertCamus #BookBan

Tonight at LUX Nijmegen: a screening of the documentary “The Librarians” — a powerful film about banned books and the ongoing fight for free access to information. 📚
📅 9 March
🕢 19:30 — film + discussion
📍 LUX Nijmegen
More info & tickets:
https://www.lux-nijmegen.nl/programma/radboud-reflects-the-librarians/

#books #boeken #bibliotheken #libraries #BannedBook #BookBan #TheLibrarians #ReadBannedBooks #bookstodon

Vandaag lekker buttons gemaakt. Ben benieuwd of ik er morgen nog andere tegenkom bij de film + debat over banned books.

📅 9 maart | 🕢 19.30
📍 LUX Nijmegen
Meer info:
https://www.lux-nijmegen.nl/programma/radboud-reflects-the-librarians/

#books #boeken #bibliotheken #libraries #BannedBook #BookBan #TheLibrarians #ReadBannedBooks

#SCOTUS refuses to address book ban case in Little v Llano County.
#BookBan #BookBanning #llano #TexasPol #TXPol
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/99256-supreme-court-denies-petition-to-hear-little-v-llano-county.html

#SCOTUS refuses to address book ban case in Little v Llano County.
#BookBan #BookBanning #llano #TexasPol #TXPol
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/99256-supreme-court-denies-petition-to-hear-little-v-llano-county.html

#SCOTUS refuses to address book ban case in Little v Llano County.
#BookBan #BookBanning #llano #TexasPol #TXPol
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/99256-supreme-court-denies-petition-to-hear-little-v-llano-county.html

#SCOTUS refuses to address book ban case in Little v Llano County.
#BookBan #BookBanning #llano #TexasPol #TXPol
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/99256-supreme-court-denies-petition-to-hear-little-v-llano-county.html

#SCOTUS refuses to address book ban case in Little v Llano County.
#BookBan #BookBanning #llano #TexasPol #TXPol
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/99256-supreme-court-denies-petition-to-hear-little-v-llano-county.html

Political Satire: Banning My Own Book

And buying a Learjet in 2021:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=20&id=182

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#satire #bookban #bookbanning

Today Premier Smith doubles down on what the UCP does best: pointing fingers.

Today, the finger is pointing at EPSB for doing *exactly* what the Minister asked them to do.

Of course the three fingers pointing back at them are the more revealing ones:
1. Clearly the Minister of Education isn’t capable of writing clear instructions. Perhaps the problem is his incompetence.
2. They keep lying about graphic images of sex available to elementary age students, which is patently not true.
3. The true purpose of the order was not to limit sexually explicit material, but to specifically target LGBTQ+ content in libraries.

Thank you to EPSB for making them say *exactly* what they really mean.

#ABPoli #UCP #BookBan #EPSB

🇨🇦 Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta's school library books ban with satirical story
In a social media post on Sunday, Atwood said since the literary classic is no longer suitable in Alberta's schools, she has written a short story for 17-year olds about two "very, very good children" named John and Mary. Read about it here👇

#Alberta #Conservative #Books #BookBan #Canada #Canpoli #Politics
#UPC

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/margaret-atwood-takes-aim-at-albertas-school-library-books-ban-with-satirical-story/article_c92a8b1f-7ea9-5135-be18-b5cb0bafbf45.html

Following the May 3 election results, Katy ISD students and community members are asking school board members to repeal the Houston-area district's controversial book and gender policies. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/05/14/521313/katy-isd-constituents-call-for-repeal-of-book-gender-policies-following-shake-up-in-leadership/

#BooksLibraries #Education #EducationNews #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #BookBan #HoustonAreaSchools #KatyIsd #KatyIsdBoardOfTrustees #KatyISDGenderPolicy #SchoolBoardElections

Texas School District Censors Virginia State Flag Over Nudity on Educational Platform

#Censorship #EducationNews
#BookBan #TexasSchools
#HistoryMatters

https://eng.harbouchanews.com/2025/04/texas-school-district-censors-virginia.html

New post: Basic Internet Security for Authors – Strong Passwords

What are good passwords (spoiler: long ones) and how can i use them so that they don't annoy me?

https://www.viennawriter.net/blog/basic-internet-security-for-authors-strong-passwords/

#Internet #Tipp #bookban #books #FightCensorship #Security #passwords #passkeys

Day 22: Botanical Beasts
Been thinking about doing this sticker for a while as horrified when I see books banned for nefarious purposes, little nod to something that would piss off those types that are doing it as well. Available on the shop. https://blockforest.etsy.com/listing/1811885995

#heraldry #Halloween #October #drawingchallenge #animalart #MabsDrawlloweenClub #coatofarms #spooky #sticker #stickerclub #stickerfan #bookban #books #bookworm #mdwc24d22 #snake #apple #eden

15/20 Alan Gratz: Amy und die geheime Bibliothek. Übersetzt aus dem Englischen von Meritxell Janina Piel

Alan Gratz: Ban this book

#Books #Libraries #ArtistsFreedom #Censorship #Culture #Emancipation #Creationist #Evangelical #Democracy #ReadingAsEntertainment #ReadingAsPoliticisingExperience #ComingOfAge #YoungReaders #10YearsOldPlus #PowerInSchool #Librarian #BookBan #BanThisBook #AlanGratz

Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No (or only very short) explanations, no reviews, just the title and the book covers. Don't forget the alt text.
#20books #20books20days #20Bücher #BooksThatInfluencedYou #Books #20booksMupan #BookChallengeMupan #MediaMupan
@lesekreis @[email protected] @[email protected] @buchstodon @democracy @books @biodiversity

Die Rückkehr der Zensur: Warum Bücher heute wieder unter Beschuss stehen https://www.lesering.de/id/4915569/Die--Ruckkehr--der--Zensur--Warum--Bucher--heute--wieder--unter--Beschuss--stehen/ #Gesllschaft #Aktuelles #Literatur #Aktuelles #Verstand #Bildung #BookBan #Bücher #Zensur #LGBTQ+ #Verbot #Kant

The US state of Utah releases its first list of banned books.

«They want to make it so that if one or two parents or school board members don’t like a book, they can easily take it away from every single resident in the state.»

Well beyond merely ironic to use democracy as the delivery vehicle for a policy of tyrannical rule by minority.

I also have come to think it not coincidental that our plutocratic overlords are devising schemes like this, which I see as the political analogs of leveraged buyouts, which also allow one power beyond what seems like should be their rightfully earned means, distorting the natural checks and balances of a market, democracy here being the marketplace of ideas.

A number of recent political moves have had this shape, not least of which the capture of the Supreme Court and really brazen exploitation of its power to bootstrap other independent power structures, leaving themselves as gatekeepers, but making these less regulated structures more untouchable.

Capture of the voting structures locally in each state feels like another. Privatization of government services is another. Injecting religion into the public sphere is another. The according of protected rights to corporations ("legal people") is another. In my mind, these all share a common tactical structure of exploiting a legislative weakness to create an unchecked power structure.

Further to the death of irony, too, the GOP wrongly complains, and recently offers Project 2025 as alleged antidote, that FDA, CDC, NOAA, and other science-based agencies are on par, doing the same. They want party loyalists installed there to keep science more responsive to the ruling party. As if that science is a thing one can or should vote on. But then they create their own similarly extragovernmental groups and processes but make no effort to make THOSE groups responsive to party.

It leaves me flabbergasted.

https://www.themarysue.com/utah-releases-first-list-of-books-to-be-banned-statewide/

#FreeSpeech #BookBan #BookBanning #UtahBookBanning #LBO #SCOTUS #democracy #privatizing #politics #FreedomOfSpeech

#Conservative #Florida #Mom doesn't want her 7-year-old who is #suing her #schooldistrict to #testify in #bookban #case. #Judge says she must.

“Only (the child) can testify as to her thoughts, interests, desires, and efforts to access the #books at issue in this case,” Bolitho wrote.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article290371784.html#storylink=cpy

#LGBT #Groups #Barred From #Pride Over #BookBan In #Texas #SchoolDistrict.

2 LGBTQ+ groups were barred from hosting #pride #events by #PrincetonISD after #violating #materials #policies and #book #bans. Now, the #ACLU has filed a #complaint.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/lgbt-groups-barred-from-pride-over

We know that book bans aren’t limited to schools; they stretch behind bars, too. So this June 11, on International Day of Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners (@june11), along with our friends at @BlueRidgeABC and Tranzmission Prison Project, we’re hosting a Banned Books Back! packaging party to raise funds for freedom fighters inside the prison system. Anyone, near or far, can pledge a donation for every book bundle we pack, starting at 5 cents per bundle. Sign up now at https://bit.ly/j11-pledge! Our co-op is matching $1 per bundle 💸

Community members are invited to join us at 5:30 pm for food, informal conversations, and free literature about June 11. Then, at 6:30 pm, pitch in on the fun of packaging free chapter books for kids in Florida!

Free minds, free them all, until all are free!

To learn about the history of June 11, see https://june11.noblogs.org 🏴

#June11 #PoliticalPrisoners #StateRepression #Anarchism #BookBan #FeministBookstore #MariusMason #BannedBooksBack #FirestormBooks

#Nebraska #GOP #lawmaker inserts #Democratic #colleague’s #name into #graphic #rape #scene while supporting #bookban #bill.

Democratic Sen. #MachaelaCavanaugh called his use of her name "#outofline, #unnecessary, and #disgusting."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/gop-lawmaker-inserts-dem-colleagues-name-into-graphic-rape-scene-while-supporting-book-ban-bill/

#AntiLGBTQ Hategroup #MomsforLiberty: A tale of two #counties

In #bookban #fight, #Maryland’s #progressive #HowardCounty is a stark #contrast to #neighboring #CarrollCounty.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Maryland #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/03/19/moms-for-liberty-a-tale-of-two-counties/

#TheHumanistReport
#DeSantis Admits His #BookBan Laws Have Backfired, Blames “Activists”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_mzqVDNhKM

#DeSatan #FL #Florida

Can we just forget I #Tweeted that? 😂😂😂

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis failed in his presidential campaign, and that is a good thing.

It was not, however, without a cost. His hate-filled #authoritarianism was given a national stage for more than a year through his ill-fated presidential campaign — and the harm he has caused in #Florida is ongoing.
His cause wasn’t exactly defeated, either, as much as it was adopted by many members of the #Republican Party”
#extremism #racist #woke #antiLGBTQ #abortion #bookban #desantis

#Partial #Victory in #Iowa #BookBan #Lawsuit: #BookCensorshipNews

It’s a #holiday #week, so let’s keep this #shortandsweet—and end another year of coverage on a promising note.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://bookriot.com/partial-victory-in-iowa-book-ban-lawsuit/

#State Of #Iowa #Sued By Pretty Much Everyone After #Codifying #Hatred With A #LGBTQ-Targeting #BookBan.

I am #sickened and #saddened that our #country — the #LandOfTheFree — continues to #devolve into a place where #intolerance and #bigotry are being #written into #law.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Iowa #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/04/state-of-iowa-sued-by-pretty-much-everyone-after-codifying-hatred-with-a-lgbtq-targeting-book-ban/

#State Of #Iowa #Sued By Pretty Much Everyone After #Codifying #Hatred With A #LGBTQ-Targeting #BookBan.

I am #sickened and #saddened that our #country — the #LandOfTheFree — continues to #devolve into a place where #intolerance and #bigotry are being #written into #law.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Iowa #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/04/state-of-iowa-sued-by-pretty-much-everyone-after-codifying-hatred-with-a-lgbtq-targeting-book-ban/

#State Of #Iowa #Sued By Pretty Much Everyone After #Codifying #Hatred With A #LGBTQ-Targeting #BookBan.

I am #sickened and #saddened that our #country — the #LandOfTheFree — continues to #devolve into a place where #intolerance and #bigotry are being #written into #law.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Iowa #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/04/state-of-iowa-sued-by-pretty-much-everyone-after-codifying-hatred-with-a-lgbtq-targeting-book-ban/

#State Of #Iowa #Sued By Pretty Much Everyone After #Codifying #Hatred With A #LGBTQ-Targeting #BookBan.

I am #sickened and #saddened that our #country — the #LandOfTheFree — continues to #devolve into a place where #intolerance and #bigotry are being #written into #law.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Iowa #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/04/state-of-iowa-sued-by-pretty-much-everyone-after-codifying-hatred-with-a-lgbtq-targeting-book-ban/

#State Of #Iowa #Sued By Pretty Much Everyone After #Codifying #Hatred With A #LGBTQ-Targeting #BookBan.

I am #sickened and #saddened that our #country — the #LandOfTheFree — continues to #devolve into a place where #intolerance and #bigotry are being #written into #law.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Iowa #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/04/state-of-iowa-sued-by-pretty-much-everyone-after-codifying-hatred-with-a-lgbtq-targeting-book-ban/

#PenguinRandomHouse, alongside the #IowaStateEducationAssociation (#ISEA), four #bestselling #authors, and five #plaintiffs from #Iowa, have joined #LambdaLegal and the #ACLUofIowa in challenging Iowa's controversial #SF496.

Their #federal #lawsuit that seeks to overturn the #bookban #provisions of the #AntiLGBTQ law which is accused of #silencing #LGBTQ+ #students by #banning #books containing #sexual or #LGBTQ+ #content.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/93853-penguin-random-house-authors-sue-to-block-iowa-anti-lgbtq-book-banning-law.html

No brainer ‘#BlackFriday’ deal - $40 for color Kindle 👍

#amazon #kindle #books #booksmatter
#banbooks #bookban #reading #library
Non-affiliate Link:
https://www.amazon.com/deal/867570b2

Others Karma. American Blacks and Blacks of the African Diaspora saw this and called it out at the time. Yeah THIS is the chapter that is gonna get #Doppleganger on a #bookban list. #MomsForLiberty Here's a listen to Chapt 13: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mRDSMrT7CRaeLHZL6

#President #JoeBiden still hasn’t named a “#bookban #coordinator” despite #PrideMonth #promise.

Biden promised the coordinator would help #fight #nationwide #bookbans, but the #position remains #unfilled.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/joe-biden-still-hasnt-named-a-book-ban-coordinator-despite-pride-month-promise/

So...now #SHakespeare is being targeted in #Florida
#education #FL #DeSatan #TinyD
#bookban #books

#Texas : libraires, éditeurs et auteurs unis contre une #censure “impossible”
#BookBan #USA #bibliothèques #librairies #edition #livres #UsineÀGaz #reac
https://actualitte.com/article/112818/international/texas-libraires-editeurs-et-auteurs-unis-contre-une-censure-impossible

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation-for-playing-disney-movie-with-gay-character-16973159

#uspol #flapol #desantis #education #censorship #censor #florida #schools #libraries #bookban #bookbans #bookbanning

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation-for-playing-disney-movie-with-gay-character-16973159

#uspol #flapol #desantis #education #censorship #censor #florida #schools #libraries #bookban #bookbans #bookbanning

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation-for-playing-disney-movie-with-gay-character-16973159

#uspol #flapol #desantis #education #censorship #censor #florida #schools #libraries #bookban #bookbans #bookbanning

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation-for-playing-disney-movie-with-gay-character-16973159

#uspol #flapol #desantis #education #censorship #censor #florida #schools #libraries #bookban #bookbans #bookbanning

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation-for-playing-disney-movie-with-gay-character-16973159

#uspol #flapol #desantis #education #censorship #censor #florida #schools #libraries #bookban #bookbans #bookbanning

#F_cking Psychotic: We're banning books but guns are OK?
The #Republicans are just nuts!

“Instead of making any effort to restrict access to firearms, the #Republican Party is working overtime to ban something they deem much more dangerous.

Books.

In 2022, the GOP passed 20 laws in 13 states to weaken gun laws even as they turned their attention to banning books in schools and public libraries.”

#BookBan #guns #GOP @georgetakei
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/republican-legislation-book-bans-censorship