Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/07/utah-outlaws-books-by-judy-blume-and-sarah-j-maas-in-first-statewide-ban

"State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school, classroom and library"

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molten@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Oh yeah. Banning books that lack any offense and have been a favorite of parents, teachers, and kids everywhere forever. That's what the good guys do.

floofloof@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 2y

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.

JimSamtanko@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y

If I recall correctly, Hitler did something very similar.

lobut@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 2y

Oh look, people cancelling things... let's see all those free speech people talk about it.

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 14 pts · 2y

Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”.

So, not only will we curtail freedom in a very nazi way, but we have to take a wash on the money spent and contribute to needless waste. Awesome! Let's do that!

CaptObvious@literature.cafe · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I mean, it is the only state in the US that’s openly theocratic.

richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

For now.

CaptObvious@literature.cafe · 1 pts · 1y

Touché

heavy@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y

A fantastic waste of time.