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6 months, 1 week ago

Stranger than fiction: Florida school board bans a book about book bans after Moms for Liberty crusade

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Spice of life: Mom’s book club forges friendships for lifetime

Hindustan Times

My parents bonded well over their shared love for books. After a few months, at a neighbourhood social event, mom came in contact with two like-minded ladies, both, like her, were retired academicians, who too felt stifled because of the lack of intellectually stimulating conversation with other women in the neighbourhood. Soon, they started discussing thoughts and opinions on the …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

A blender from the 1960s, a restored 1936 piano. What I learned from clearing out my childhood home

Associated Press

NEW YORK — It’s been eight months since I closed the door for the last time to my childhood home in suburban New Jersey and said goodbye to more than a half century of memories. Anne D’Innocenzio scrolls through a family album inside her kitchen, surrounded by mementos from her childhood home, including a working blender from the 1960s and …

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1 year ago

Cops recover second sex video involving scandal-plagued Moms for Liberty leader: report

Raw Story

Police have reportedly recovered a second sex video involving Bridget Ziegler, a leader of the Moms for Liberty group that is dedicated to banning books that purportedly contain sexually explicit content from schools. The Florida Trident reports that police recovered the video while investigating rape accusations against her husband, Christian Ziegler, who earlier this month was suspended from his role …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Philadelphia Moms For Liberty Leader Revealed As Convicted Sex Offender

Huff Post

Moms for Liberty, a "parental rights" group, has led efforts to ban books to stop discussions about race and gender in schools. Octavio Jones via Getty Images A pastor and leader in Philadelphia’s Moms for Liberty chapter has been exposed as a registered sex offender. Phillip Fisher Jr., a pastor and faith-based outreach leader for the group’s local chapter, was …

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1 year, 1 month ago

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

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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 …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US

Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender. “They don’t want to engage in this banning of books or censoring of honest history or undermining who kids are,” Randi Weingarten, the teachers …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Right-wing Moms for Liberty reporting school librarians to law enforcement

Raw Story

Two right-wing Moms for Liberty members have been reporting Florida school librarians to law enforcement for distributing books they consider to be "pornography." Jennifer Tapley, a member of the Santa Rosa County chapter of the right-wing group and a candidate for the local school board, called the sheriff's office Oct. 25 to report something "really disgusting" she had seen while …

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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 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

'The Breakaway' explores how society impacts a woman's relationship with her body

NPR

'The Breakaway' explores how society impacts a woman's relationship with her body JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Jennifer Weiner's books have become synonymous with sand in your toes, a beach breeze and a bright-blue ocean, both in the content and the experience of reading them. Her newest novel, "The Breakaway," trades the beach for New York's Empire Trail, and the heroine is …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The Moms Who Started The School Board Wars Are Now Presidential Kingmakers

Huff Post

The Moms for Liberty convention drew hundreds of protesters this week who object to the group's efforts to ban books. Nikki Haley stated in an apparent reference to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s designation of the right-wing mom group: “When they mentioned this was a terrorist organization, I said, ‘Well then count me a mom for liberty!’” Moms for Liberty …

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1 year, 5 months ago

US Republican candidates woo controversial Moms for Liberty group

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The high-profile lineup at the group’s national conference shows it has become a power player in the Republican Party. At least one hate group monitor, the Southern Poverty Law Center, has labelled Moms for Liberty an “extremist” group that opposes racial inclusivity and spreads “hateful imagery and rhetoric against the LGBTQ community”. Moms for Liberty built early momentum with support …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Florida mom who tried to ban Amanda Gorman’s book has ties to far-right groups

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1 year, 7 months ago

Two Florida moms fight back against banned books

LA Times

The tattoos on Jen Cousins’ arms speak to literacy and how books can take us on trips across strange and extraordinary universes: an owl for wisdom, a drawing from the novel “Wonder,” multicolored glasses from Harry Potter and a saying from one of her children: “The world is only what you shape it to be.” But as any Hogwarts wizard …

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1 year, 7 months ago

‘Gender Queer’ tops library group’s list of challenged books

Associated Press

NEW YORK — With Florida legislators barring even the mention of being gay in classrooms and similar restrictions under consideration in other states, a report released Monday says books with LGBTQ+ themes remain the most likely targets of bans or attempted bans at public schools and libraries around the country. The American Library Association announced that Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir …

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1 year, 9 months ago

I Wrote One Of The Few Tween Books About Down Syndrome. A Couple Of Sentences May Get It Banned.

Huff Post

The author, Melissa Hart, was inspired by her experiences with her younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to write "Daisy Woodworm Changes the World." “It’s fine to mention same-sex parents in your story,” she told me with the microphone turned off, “as long as you’re not openly advocating for that lifestyle.” “Daisy Woodworm Changes the World” is my middle-grade novel …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Meet Moms for Liberty — the group leading book bans in schools

Raw Story

In the ongoing battle over school book bans in Pennsylvania and nationwide, one group is speaking with an outsized voice. Among the districts in Pennsylvania that have banned books or are facing continuing efforts to initiate bans are Central York School District, Downingtown Area School District, East Stroudsburg Area School District, Eastern Lancaster County School District, Elizabethtown Area School District, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

"Statewide book bans" are coming to Florida's classrooms, enforced by the far right

Salon

In early August, a video posted on TikTok by a Tennessee elementary school teacher went viral. But according to a new Tennessee law, the "Age Appropriate Materials Act," she was required to catalog every book in her classroom, then send it for several rounds of review and post a final list of approved books online for parents to scrutinize, before …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Republican war on books: They don't just want to control your body — next up, your mind

Salon

Once Republicans started to falsely accuse educators and librarians of "grooming" children for sexual abuse, it was just a matter of time before the talk of imprisoning them began. Using fake concerns about "the children" as cover, Republicans have waged all-out war on not just books but any form of speech deemed "woke," usually because it advocates antiracism or humanizes …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Moms for Liberty: "Joyful Warriors" in the fight to demolish public school

Salon

Last weekend in Tampa, about 500 members of the conservative education advocacy network Moms for Liberty gathered for their first national summit. Ron DeSantis receiving a ceremonial wooden "liberty sword" for his efforts in support of "parents' rights"; right-wing education activists warning parents that public schools have become "Maoist thought reform prisons" intent on transforming their children into "change agents"; …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Book Box | Seven provocative books for mothers

Hindustan Times

Growing up in small-town Jamshedpur, my mother would bring me books. Also, a conversation with Zibby Owens, creator of the award-winning Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books Podcast. Must-reads: Book 3 of 7 The world’s draconian demands on motherhood show up in a striking new novel - The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan. Moms Don’t Have Time …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Far-right 'Moms for Liberty' group demands schools stop exposing kids to 'sexy' pictures of seahorses

Raw Story

On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that a far-right group in Williamson County, Tennessee, is demanding schools censor a number of books and subjects — including an unusual demand regarding pictures of marine life. "Registering its website in late 2020, the group 'Moms For Liberty' is one of a series of conservative education groups to spring up in the wake …

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3 years, 6 months ago

11 Books On Postpartum Mental Health Every New Parent Should Read

Huff Post

“Breathe, Mama, Breathe: 5-Minute Mindfulness for Busy Moms” by Shonda Moralis We know how important mindfulness is for our overall well-being, but new parents don’t always have the time to incorporate a long meditation session or other mindfulness activities. Fortunately, “Breathe, Mama, Breathe: 5-Minute Mindfulness for Busy Moms,” which was recommended by New York-based psychologist Emily Guarnotta, makes it easy.“Mothers …

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Moms for Liberty goes to war with New York school over five library books

Stranger than fiction: Florida school board bans a book about book bans after Moms for Liberty crusade

Spice of life: Mom’s book club forges friendships for lifetime

A blender from the 1960s, a restored 1936 piano. What I learned from clearing out my childhood home

Cops recover second sex video involving scandal-plagued Moms for Liberty leader: report

Philadelphia Moms For Liberty Leader Revealed As Convicted Sex Offender

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

Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US

Right-wing Moms for Liberty reporting school librarians to law enforcement

Children and parents begin uphill fightback against book bans in Florida

'The Breakaway' explores how society impacts a woman's relationship with her body

The Moms Who Started The School Board Wars Are Now Presidential Kingmakers

US Republican candidates woo controversial Moms for Liberty group

Florida mom who tried to ban Amanda Gorman’s book has ties to far-right groups

Two Florida moms fight back against banned books

‘Gender Queer’ tops library group’s list of challenged books

I Wrote One Of The Few Tween Books About Down Syndrome. A Couple Of Sentences May Get It Banned.

Meet Moms for Liberty — the group leading book bans in schools

"Statewide book bans" are coming to Florida's classrooms, enforced by the far right

Republican war on books: They don't just want to control your body — next up, your mind

Moms for Liberty: "Joyful Warriors" in the fight to demolish public school

Book Box | Seven provocative books for mothers

Far-right 'Moms for Liberty' group demands schools stop exposing kids to 'sexy' pictures of seahorses

11 Books On Postpartum Mental Health Every New Parent Should Read