Arthur@literature.cafe to Banned Book Club@literature.cafe · 4 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 · 4 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-squareflooflooflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-24 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-down1·4 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-up2·4 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.
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.