Arthur@literature.cafe to Banned Book Club@literature.cafe · 3 months agoUtah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide banwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkUtah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide banwww.theguardian.comArthur@literature.cafe to Banned Book Club@literature.cafe · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
“State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school, classroom and library”
minus-squaremolten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·edit-23 months agoOh yeah. Banning books that lack any offense and have been a favorite of parents, teachers, and kids everywhere forever. That’s what the good guys do.
minus-squareflooflooflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-23 months agoPeople have been sending death threats to the authors too. How dare women write about girls and women! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/11/judy-blume-interview-forever-writer-children-young-adults It’s so important that the USA fight back against the Christofascists, especially in November.
minus-squareTurtlePower@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI just don’t know why they hate Maas’ books. I honestly don’t know anything about them. They look like George RR Martin clones.
minus-squareAkrenion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThey have some steamy scenes that are more romantic than pornographic. They do offer a fantastical world with their own rules, poilitics, and dangers though and for that alone they get a lot of readers into the hobby.
Oh yeah. Banning books that lack any offense and have been a favorite of parents, teachers, and kids everywhere forever. That’s what the good guys do.
People have been sending death threats to the authors too. How dare women write about girls and women!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/11/judy-blume-interview-forever-writer-children-young-adults
It’s so important that the USA fight back against the Christofascists, especially in November.
I just don’t know why they hate Maas’ books. I honestly don’t know anything about them. They look like George RR Martin clones.
They have some steamy scenes that are more romantic than pornographic. They do offer a fantastical world with their own rules, poilitics, and dangers though and for that alone they get a lot of readers into the hobby.