Resonance: "What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany. 'Hitler dictated not only politics and everything, he also dictated art,' he told NPR in 2011."
#BanTheBan
Resonance: "What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany. 'Hitler dictated not only politics and everything, he also dictated art,' he told NPR in 2011."
Toni Morrison was born today in 1931. So much wisdom; so much beauty; so much righteous fury.
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” Let's take our words back from the hands of those who are erasing and desecrating their meaning.
#ToniMorrison
#BanTheBan
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#Gender
#Diversity
#Equity
#Inclusion
#AllTheWords
Toni Morrison was born today in 1931. So much wisdom; so much beauty; so much righteous fury.
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” Let's take our words back from the hands of those who are erasing and desecrating their meaning.
#ToniMorrison
#BanTheBan
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#Gender
#Diversity
#Equity
#Inclusion
#AllTheWords
thank you @dragonsidedd for posting this righteous clip.
I guess freckles are now on the #Diversity, #Equity, and #Inclusion hit list.
What a bunch of fascist clowns.
I guess freckles are now on the #Diversity, #Equity, and #Inclusion hit list.
What a bunch of fascist clowns.
I don't often claim, with great pride, my #NJ origins but on this, I totally will!
I don't often claim, with great pride, my #NJ origins but on this, I totally will!
The recent social media ban for teens is more than just a restriction – it’s an affront to maturity! Infantilizing young people only stunts their growth. Let’s empower instead of restrict! #SocialMedia #YouthEmpowerment #BanTheBan #DigitalFreedom Source: https://theinformer.uk
Paging Ray Bradbury: Utah's book banning comes to little free libraries.
A grotesque development in Utah: book banning comes to little free libraries.
Y'all. @ReproRights and other reproductive rights orgs just scored a big win in Georgia:
https://reproductiverights.org/georgia-court-rules-state-constitution-protects-abortion-blocks-six-week-ban/
Go donate to any of the orgs mentioned there - they're doing superb work.
#Beloved, published on September 16th, 1987.
"It is not a story to pass on." --Toni Morrison
Thank you @VeroniqueB99
"Everywhere I go, the story is the same: library workers are afraid." -- #EmilyDrabinski, President of the #AmericanLibraryAssociation
It's #BrainAwarenessWeek & one of the activities that's good for your #brain is reading. Here are some book recommendations. What would you suggest?
#PattiSmith, Just Kids
#MatJohnson, Pym
#JoanDidion, The Year of Magical Thinking
#KaitlynGreenidge, Libertie
#JasonMott, Hell of a Book
#JuliaMayJonas, Vladimir
#DashaKiper, Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of #Dementia, The #Caregiver, and the Human Brain
#PercivalEverett, The Trees
#rachelyoder, Nightbitch
"WI is currently considering a similar bill to W.VA's. ID has a bill on the table that would “prohibit certain materials from being promoted, given, or made available to a minor.” Which materials?. . . “any act of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact w/a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female, the breast.” Not the point but "the" breast?! Absurdity + #fascism.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-ian-black-west-virginia-republicans-want-to-throw-librarians-in-jail
Never did I imagine the word "library" and "trauma" would be connected, unless the link referred to a book on one of the shelves.
"A group called Urban Libraries Unite is busy setting up "virtual support groups" to help librarians deal with trauma, Lauren Comito, a Brooklyn librarian who chairs the organization, tells Axios."
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/libraries-ebooks-hoopla-libby-book-ban-censorship
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