Conservatives Are Banning Books From Schools While Whining About 'Cancel Culture'
2 years, 10 months ago

Conservatives Are Banning Books From Schools While Whining About 'Cancel Culture'

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LOADING ERROR LOADING When a publisher stops printing an old Dr. Seuss book nobody read because it contained harmful racial stereotypes, Fox News and the entire Republican party lose their minds over “cancel culture.” But when conservatives across the country start banning and censoring dozens of books at a time from school libraries, they’re just trying to protect the kids. Greg Abbott has capitalized on a highly public effort to pull “pornographic or obscene” books from school libraries, following the efforts of state Rep. Matt Krause, who’s circulated a list of more than 800 books that purportedly cross the line. One book that’s not on Krause’s list: “The Kite Runner,” a 2003 novel that was among 16 books recently put in “quarantine” by Polk County Public Schools in Florida, after a campaign by County Citizens Defending Freedom, a conservative group. Asked why the group settled on the books they did, CCDF leader Jimmy Nelson told the Lakeland Ledger that “the books speak for themselves,” but struggled to articulate why The Bible, which also deals with adult themes, should not also be “quarantined.” When discussing the fact that Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” depicts the brutal rape of a boy by a teenaged boy, Nelson was asked if all books containing rape should be banned.

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'Absurd': Parents blast Texas school district that banned Bible for 'explicit' content
4 days, 18 hours ago

'Absurd': Parents blast Texas school district that banned Bible for 'explicit' content

Raw Story  

A Texas school district has banned the Bible in response to a state law prohibiting schools from carrying "sexually explicit" material. The Christian Post reported Thursday that Canyon Independent School District Superintendent Darryl Flusche sent an email to parents informing them that the "full text" of the Bible would no longer be allowed in schools due to Texas House Bill …

New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
2 weeks ago

New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries

Associated Press  

PRINCETON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law. Murphy signed the bill at Princeton’s public library, a short walk from Princeton University’s ivy-draped campus and cast the …

10 Banned Books Your Kids Should Be Reading
3 weeks, 6 days ago

10 Banned Books Your Kids Should Be Reading

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Author Samira Ahmed’s latest young-adult novel, “This Book Won’t Burn,” is nothing if not timely. Three years ago, Ahmed had a conversation with an English teacher about her own frequently banned book, “Internment.” “She taught in a small, rural, mostly white school district and wanted to bring ‘Internment’ into her lit circles in her high school classroom,” …

Trump’s promises to conservatives raise fears of more book bans in U.S.
1 month ago

Trump’s promises to conservatives raise fears of more book bans in U.S.

LA Times  

• Book bans are on the rise as conservative parental rights groups fight what they believe is ‘wokeness’ in classrooms. We’re just getting back to commonsense America.” Trump’s threat to deny federal funding to schools that acknowledge transgender identities could affect curricula and the kinds of books school libraries stock. During his rally at Madison Square Garden in October, Trump …

Rosalie Stewart is the anti–book banning public policy manager at Penguin Random House.
54 years, 11 months ago

Rosalie Stewart is the anti–book banning public policy manager at Penguin Random House.

Slate  

While it’s not unusual for other industries to dedicate staff to influencing or changing public policy, it’s virtually unheard of in the relatively sleepy world of book publishing. Rosalie Stewart, however, has just been hired as Penguin Random House’s senior public policy manager, a new position that will fight the recent explosion in book-banning campaigns at schools and public libraries. …

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down
3 months ago

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide. “And we expect that to continue through the end of the year.” The library association defines a “challenge” as a “formal, written complaint filed with a …

The right wing doesn’t need to ban books anymore. Now, schools are censoring themselves.
3 months ago

The right wing doesn’t need to ban books anymore. Now, schools are censoring themselves.

Slate  

Mary, a high school English teacher of 20 years, has dealt with her share of parental objections toward books. The book “will be gone forever” from her classroom library, thanks, as she sees it, to “a lot of power in the hands of a few board members.” Mary teaches in an American high school, but like the other educators in …

Tim Walz mocks anti-LGBTQ book bans during Human Rights Campaign speech
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tim Walz mocks anti-LGBTQ book bans during Human Rights Campaign speech

Raw Story  

Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mocked the recent increase in anti-LGBTQ book bans during a speech for the Human Rights Campaign. Delivering the keynote Saturday evening at the HRC's National Dinner, Walz made fun of recent attempts to ban children's books like And Tango Makes Three,according to LGBTQ Nation. ", we banned banning books, especially banning …

World's most hated book is pulled from a major Australian city's library shelves for the first time - and critics want it banned everywhere
3 months, 3 weeks ago

World's most hated book is pulled from a major Australian city's library shelves for the first time - and critics want it banned everywhere

Daily Mail  

EXCLUSIVE A controversial book which has been slammed worldwide for exposing children to 'gay porn' has been ripped from an Australian city's library shelves for the first time. Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe, is the most banned book in America, with critics claiming its graphic depictions of teenage sex are targeted at kids Maia Kobabe, a non-binary author from California …

Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned in the book banning wars
4 months ago

Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned in the book banning wars

LA Times  

Amanda Jones is a Louisiana middle-school librarian who sleeps with a shotgun under her bed and carries a pistol when she travels the back roads. I’m just a school librarian from a two red-light town.” Jones’ cautionary and disquieting testament to the nation’s divisiveness is told in her new memoir, “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America,” a …

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court …

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a Friday ruling by a federal appeals court. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district judge’s earlier decision that temporarily halted key parts of the law, including a ban on books depicting sex acts in school libraries and classrooms. Reynolds said in a …

A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — In an increasingly divisive political sphere, Becka Robbins focuses on what she knows best — books. Among those topping banned lists have been Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer,” George Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye.” An LGBTQ+ related book is seen on display at Fabulosa Books, in the Castro District of …

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects Education Department’s attempt to ban books
6 months, 1 week ago

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects Education Department’s attempt to ban books

Raw Story  

This article first appeared on Oklahoma Watch and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The state’s high court in a unanimous decision said Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the state Department of Education overstepped their authority in trying to force Edmond schools to ban two novels. Jeff Bardach, a spokesman for Edmond Public Schools, said the …

Florida school board bans book about book bannings
6 months, 1 week ago

Florida school board bans book about book bannings

Raw Story  

A book about book bannings has itself been banned by a school board in Florida at the behest of right-wing Moms for Liberty activists. The Guardian reports that "Ban This Book" by author Alan Gratz has been removed from libraries in Florida's Indian River county school district after the school board opted to ban it in a 3-to-2 vote last …

How best to stop books being banned? Ban such bans.
6 months, 4 weeks ago

How best to stop books being banned? Ban such bans.

Live Mint  

While far-right groups—in mostly Republican-led states—wage a crusade to ban thousands of books in schools and public libraries across the country, Minnesota is pushing back. Where previous attempts typically involved a parent or small group of parents challenging a single book title, now groups with clear political agendas are filing coordinated challenges against scores of books, all under the guise …

Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They’re banning the book ban
8 months ago

Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They’re banning the book ban

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A movement to ban book bans is gaining steam in Minnesota and several other states, in contrast to the trend playing out in more conservative states where book challenges have soared to their highest levels in decades. The move to quash book bans is welcome to people like Shae Ross, a queer and out Minnesota high …

Ron DeSantis finally admits that Florida book bans went too far
8 months, 1 week ago

Ron DeSantis finally admits that Florida book bans went too far

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ron DeSantis conceded this week that Florida may have gone …

Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books

Associated Press  

When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Missouri needed little debate before deciding to keep copies in high school libraries. “There’s a depiction of a rape scene, a handmaid being forced into a sexual act,” says Tom Bober, Clayton district’s library coordinator and president of the Missouri Association of School …

Maia Kobabe’s ‘Gender Queer’ tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Maia Kobabe’s ‘Gender Queer’ tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year. “A few advocacy groups have made ‘Gender Queer’ a lightning rod,” says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. ”People are trying to shut down …

Censorship efforts at libraries continued to soar in 2023, according to a new report
9 months, 1 week ago

Censorship efforts at libraries continued to soar in 2023, according to a new report

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Bannings and attempted bannings of books soared again in the U.S. last year, continuing to set record highs, according to a new report from the American Library Association. On Thursday, the ALA announced that 4,240 works in school and public libraries had been targeted in 2023, a substantial hike from the then-record 2,571 books in 2022 and …

Tennessee lawmakers propose changes to how books get removed from school libraries
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Tennessee lawmakers propose changes to how books get removed from school libraries

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican-controlled Statehouse is once again looking to tweak how books can be removed from school library shelves despite concerns that the latest proposal could result in the Bible being possibly banned. Bill Lee signed off on legislation requiring school libraries to post their contents online and regularly review their policies to make sure the materials are …

Opinion: Need a good book? Try one your 9th-grader isn't allowed to read
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Need a good book? Try one your 9th-grader isn't allowed to read

LA Times  

“Gender Queer” and other books banned in schools in some counties in Florida. I have discovered many wonderful books, mostly in the young adult category, by reading news stories about what’s being banned in public schools these days: “Gender Queer,” the riveting, upsetting graphic novel about the nonbinary author’s journey of self-discovery; “Dear Martin,” in which a Black teenager who …

DeSantis allies start to back off book bans amid national outrage: 'May have gone too far'
11 months ago

DeSantis allies start to back off book bans amid national outrage: 'May have gone too far'

Raw Story  

Florida Republicans might be backing off support for Gov. Florida has become infamous as the epicenter of book censorship activism in schools, even as DeSantis has insisted the whole thing is a liberal "hoax" to make his state look bad. But the state's Republican legislature is starting to worry the action has gone too far, reported Politico, with lawmakers considering …

From Iowa to Florida, national lawsuits against local book bans begin to gain traction
11 months, 1 week ago

From Iowa to Florida, national lawsuits against local book bans begin to gain traction

LA Times  

Lawsuits challenging book bans in Florida and Iowa are proving to play a key role in the growing fight for student’s access to literature. In May, Dan Novack, Penguin Random House vice president and associate general counsel, told The Times the publishing house was suing to stop “one of the most unsubtle attempts at viewpoint discrimination” they’d ever seen. Today’s …

Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues. Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction halts enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect Jan. 1 but already had resulted in the removal of hundreds of books …

‘Books are empathy machines’ | Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney stresses the importance of books in the digital era
1 year ago

‘Books are empathy machines’ | Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney stresses the importance of books in the digital era

The Hindu  

December 14, 2023 04:27 pm | Updated 04:44 pm IST Since Wimpy Kid first appeared on the scene, its creator and author of the wildly popular children’s series, Jeff Kinney, has remained a passionate advocate of reading and children’s literature. Edited excerpts: Interview with author Jeff Kinney of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series From your first book in …

A new report shows how corrosive book banning is. Novelist Lauren Groff is fighting back
1 year ago

A new report shows how corrosive book banning is. Novelist Lauren Groff is fighting back

LA Times  

PEN America’s latest report on book bans is glaring, but “Matrix” author Lauren Groff is on the front lines and opening a banned-book shop in Florida. As a new report from PEN America aggregates two years of data on book bans to show how they stigmatize specific authors, Lauren Groff — author of “Florida” and the recent novel “The Vaster …

To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold funding
1 year ago

To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold funding

NPR  

To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold funding Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Ted Shaffrey/AP On Jan. 1, Illinois' new law meant to slow the rapid rise of books being challenged or pulled from library shelves goes into effect. The Illinois law states that in order to be eligible for state grants, a library …

Book bans: Will the culture wars come for Britain’s books?
1 year ago

Book bans: Will the culture wars come for Britain’s books?

The Independent  

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Publishing industry heavy-hitters sue Iowa over state’s new school book-banning law
1 year ago

Publishing industry heavy-hitters sue Iowa over state’s new school book-banning law

Associated Press  

The nation’s largest publisher and several bestselling authors, including novelists John Green and Jodi Picoult, are part of a lawsuit filed Thursday challenging Iowa’s new law that bans public school libraries and classrooms from having practically any book that depicts sexual activity. “It’s also created the paradox that under Iowa law, a 16-year-old student is old enough to consent to …

LGBTQ+ rights group sues over Iowa law banning school library books, gender identity discussion
1 year ago

LGBTQ+ rights group sues over Iowa law banning school library books, gender identity discussion

Associated Press  

Several families are suing to stop Iowa’s new law that bans books from school libraries, forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues and forces educators in some cases to out the gender identity of students to their parents. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and Lambda Legal announced the federal lawsuit Tuesday, saying the law passed earlier this year by …

Missouri library bans ‘porn star book’ – but only after waitlist runs out
1 year, 1 month ago

Missouri library bans ‘porn star book’ – but only after waitlist runs out

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. An internal review committee determined that the controversial …

Republicans Use 'Decency' Law To Ban Books
1 year, 1 month ago

Republicans Use 'Decency' Law To Ban Books

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING At the November meeting of the Rutherford County, Tennessee, steering committee, Chairman Craig Harris asked the county’s public library board about their feelings on books that conservative members of the community had deemed indecent — and potentially in violation of a new city ordinance promoting “decency.” “Do you think ‘Let’s Talk About It’ should have been removed?” …

Video Shows Right-Wing Activists Demanding Police Probe Over Novel Found In Schools
1 year, 1 month ago

Video Shows Right-Wing Activists Demanding Police Probe Over Novel Found In Schools

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Activists with the right-wing group Moms for Liberty in northwest Florida were filmed demanding that sheriff’s deputies investigate the circulation of a high school library book that one of them called “child pornography” and “a serious crime.” “I’ve got some evidence a crime was committed,” Moms for Liberty member Jennifer Tapley is filmed telling a Santa Rosa …

Inside a Texas town’s chilling effort to ban LGBT+ books
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside a Texas town’s chilling effort to ban LGBT+ books

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Krause’s letter asked school districts to …

‘The Art of War’ and Amy Schumer’s memoir are among many books banned in US prisons. Here’s why
1 year, 1 month ago

‘The Art of War’ and Amy Schumer’s memoir are among many books banned in US prisons. Here’s why

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. Timed to the start Wednesday of Prison Banned Books Week, “Reading Between the Bars” draws upon public record requests, calls from PEN to prison mailrooms, dozens of accounts from inmates and PEN’s struggles to distribute its …

Huntington Beach to use parent review board to vet children’s books for public library, City Council decrees
1 year, 2 months ago

Huntington Beach to use parent review board to vet children’s books for public library, City Council decrees

LA Times  

Huntington Beach residents protest and hold signs about the proposal to screen children’s books at the Huntington Beach Public Library during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Van Der Mark, who first brought forth the idea in June, has been seeking more oversight of children’s books for years, even before she was elected to the City Council last fall. Huntington Beach …

Alabama flags children’s book for censorship because author’s name is ‘Gay’
1 year, 2 months ago

Alabama flags children’s book for censorship because author’s name is ‘Gay’

The Independent  

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‘Teachers will be punished’: Fox News host busts Ron DeSantis for denying Florida book bans
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Teachers will be punished’: Fox News host busts Ron DeSantis for denying Florida book bans

Raw Story  

Fox News host Shannon Bream pushed back on Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis after he claimed that his state had not banned books in schools. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Bream told the Florida governor she had recently spoken to a group of women about the targeting of LGBT students by his policies. "And the message that they've …

Children and parents begin uphill fightback against book bans in Florida
1 year, 2 months ago

Children and parents begin uphill fightback against book bans in Florida

CNN  

Central Florida CNN — Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries, students and parents are showing up to school board meetings in Florida to argue for access to books that take on difficult subjects. “‘Wait,’ Josie said, trying to roll away beneath him, but he clamped his hand over her mouth and drove harder and harder …

Column: Not satisfied with schools, book banners are now targeting adults’ right to read
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Not satisfied with schools, book banners are now targeting adults’ right to read

LA Times  

Students and other citizens at a recent school board meeting in Orlando, Fla., protest efforts by the board and state authorities to remove books from school library shelves and suppress education on race and LGBTQ+ issues. “This year, to date, it’s 49%.” We’re seeing groups go to school or library board meetings to demand the removal of multiple titles all …

Carl Hiaasen, Banned Books, And Censorship In Schools : 1A
1 year, 2 months ago

Carl Hiaasen, Banned Books, And Censorship In Schools : 1A

NPR  

Carl Hiaasen, Banned Books, And Censorship In Schools Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Since she was little, Iris Mogul has always loved reading. When The 16-year-old junior at the Academy Academy for Advanced Academics in South Florida learned that her English teacher was considering not teaching a Toni Morrison book because of the state's …

Newsom bars school book bans: LGBTQ+ textbook bill signed into law amid growing culture wars
1 year, 2 months ago

Newsom bars school book bans: LGBTQ+ textbook bill signed into law amid growing culture wars

LA Times  

Gia Rueda speaks out against opposition to LGBTQ+ education materials at a school board meeting on July 18 in Temecula. It comes as school boards in California’s Republican-leaning districts have approved policies reflective of national GOP culture wars regarding “parental rights” over issues such as gender identity and racial history. “We have school districts large and small banning books, banning …

How school book bans exploded — with front lines in Southern California too
1 year, 3 months ago

How school book bans exploded — with front lines in Southern California too

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. “As a librarian, having worked in the city for 32 years and since I’ve retired, I have never, not once, had anyone come up to me and say, ‘You know what, my child’s life was ruined because of a book they checked out of the library.’ It didn’t start …

John Green on book bans, bad faith, and the ‘history of folks trying to control what other folks can read’
1 year, 3 months ago

John Green on book bans, bad faith, and the ‘history of folks trying to control what other folks can read’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s always a bummer when people …

School book bans have increased 33% since last year, but hope is not lost
1 year, 3 months ago

School book bans have increased 33% since last year, but hope is not lost

LA Times  

Despite growing lawsuits and protests against book restrictions, bans continue to spread rapidly, according to a new report. Maia Kobabe’s memoir, “Gender Queer,” was banned 26 times over the last school year, according to a new PEN America report. Last week, Sen. John Kennedy went viral for an awkward reading of excerpts from two books targeted by conservatives during a …

Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports
1 year, 3 months ago

Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Book bans and attempted bans continue to hit record highs, according to the American Library Association. Through the first eight months of 2023, the ALA tracked 695 challenges to library materials and services, compared to 681 during the same time period last year, and a 20% jump in the number of “unique titles” involved to 1,915. “The …

Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so
1 year, 4 months ago

Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so

Associated Press  

CUMMING, Ga. — When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from school libraries, she was following a path cleared by Georgia’s Republican lawmakers. That’s happened in Forsyth County, where documents obtained by AP show a librarian “weeded” two books Strickland was protesting from another high school’s library, just before they were challenged …

How an Iowa School District Used ChatGPT to Ban Books
1 year, 4 months ago

How an Iowa School District Used ChatGPT to Ban Books

Wired  

For bookworms, reading a headline like “School District Uses ChatGPT to Help Remove Library Books” can be blood boiling. Using ChatGPT’s guidance, the Mason City Community School District removed 19 titles—including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Toni Morrison’s Beloved—from its library shelves. Its stipulations are a sweeping attempt at eradicating any discussion of sex or sexuality, and as Mason …

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