The DOE “book banning hoax” press release claimed that challenged books are “age-inappropriate, sexually explicit, or obscene”. Only 13% of banned books in 2023–24 included “on the page” sexual scenes—but 36% featured PoC characters and 25% featured LGBTQ characters.
@molly0xfff "we are NOT banning books, and we were right to ban them"
@mcc @molly0xfff “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.”
@molly0xfff How much power do the federal and state governments have over both online and brick and mortar stores in terms of what books they're allowed to sell?
@brandon minimal; this is discussing public school libraries. public (non-school) libraries also are at some risk
@molly0xfff but what will all the white middle class ladies do without their romance novels?
@bllgvn last i checked white middle class ladies don’t tend to frequent public school libraries
@bllgvn that’s not to say romance novels should be banned in school libraries (or anywhere), it’s just a separate conversation
@molly0xfff I just read the original post without the full context, and that was where my head went.
@molly0xfff they don't want kids learning what Abuse is, and we all know why that is.....