Anonymous
07/17/2022 12:18
Subject: Re:Seriously with the book banning ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surely I was the only 11 year old dry humping herself while reading Flowers in the Attic?!?
You were not the only one.
Nope, I'm sure plenty of others, and then there was Forever by Judy Blume which was a personal favorite to steal from my older sister. Ah, Ralph. IYKNK.
For younger ages, there was Then Again, Maybe I Won't , Deenie, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Are those still allowed?
I read Ordinary People the summer before 8th grade. Talk about your trigger warnings. Generally speaking, if the kids are reading, they're thinking, and they're going to be alright.
They are, but I happened onto a Time Magazine article about FGM when I was about 8 or 9 (I loved reading magazines for adults; it always felt like I was learning secrets). That one scared me pretty badly and I didn’t have a relationship with my parents such that I could ask for more background and context.
Still - banning books and targeting librarians is wrong on all levels. This is literally the kind of stuff the right wing tutted about Muslim extremists doing in the early 2000s. Evidently they were taking inspiration rather than actually being upset.
Come to think of it, they did blow up the Georgia Guidestones. Extremists use the same stupid playbook all over.
We sound like the same kind of kid. I would sneak and read my parents' copy of Helter Skelter around the age of 12 or 13. With kids' access to the internet today, it's amazing to me that parents would spend time trying to ban a handful of books in the library that they find objectionable. Actually, it's not amazing to me at all, now that I've typed that out. It's 100% about the agenda, not the kids.
Anonymous
07/17/2022 11:42
Subject: Re:Seriously with the book banning ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surely I was the only 11 year old dry humping herself while reading Flowers in the Attic?!?
You were not the only one.
Nope, I'm sure plenty of others, and then there was Forever by Judy Blume which was a personal favorite to steal from my older sister. Ah, Ralph. IYKNK.
For younger ages, there was Then Again, Maybe I Won't , Deenie, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Are those still allowed?
I read Ordinary People the summer before 8th grade. Talk about your trigger warnings. Generally speaking, if the kids are reading, they're thinking, and they're going to be alright.
They are, but I happened onto a Time Magazine article about FGM when I was about 8 or 9 (I loved reading magazines for adults; it always felt like I was learning secrets). That one scared me pretty badly and I didn’t have a relationship with my parents such that I could ask for more background and context.
Still - banning books and targeting librarians is wrong on all levels. This is literally the kind of stuff the right wing tutted about Muslim extremists doing in the early 2000s. Evidently they were taking inspiration rather than actually being upset.
Come to think of it, they did blow up the Georgia Guidestones. Extremists use the same stupid playbook all over.
Anonymous
07/17/2022 11:30
Subject: Seriously with the book banning ?
I'd like to give a heartfelt "thank you" to Judy Blume along with the writer of the book (Don't remember the name) passed around in my day of fifth grade sex ed, for teaching me in elementary school that I was not a weirdo freak girl because I masturbated.
Genuinely, it was a huge relief to find out I was normal, I can still remember the weight lifting off my chest at finding out I was not a freak. My mom didn't discuss with me and I was shamed the couple times I was caught.
I'm ok with my kids reading such books, not afraid it's going to turn them into freaks. They'll identify with the book or not. If a book helps them feel less alone, good.
Genuinely, it was a huge relief to find out I was normal, I can still remember the weight lifting off my chest at finding out I was not a freak. My mom didn't discuss with me and I was shamed the couple times I was caught.
I'm ok with my kids reading such books, not afraid it's going to turn them into freaks. They'll identify with the book or not. If a book helps them feel less alone, good.
Anonymous
07/17/2022 11:30
Subject: Re:Seriously with the book banning ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surely I was the only 11 year old dry humping herself while reading Flowers in the Attic?!?
You were not the only one.
Nope, I'm sure plenty of others, and then there was Forever by Judy Blume which was a personal favorite to steal from my older sister. Ah, Ralph. IYKNK.
For younger ages, there was Then Again, Maybe I Won't , Deenie, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Are those still allowed?
I read Ordinary People the summer before 8th grade. Talk about your trigger warnings. Generally speaking, if the kids are reading, they're thinking, and they're going to be alright.
Anonymous
07/17/2022 11:24
Subject: Re:Seriously with the book banning ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surely I was the only 11 year old dry humping herself while reading Flowers in the Attic?!?
You were not the only one.
Nope, I'm sure plenty of others, and then there was Forever by Judy Blume which was a personal favorite to steal from my older sister. Ah, Ralph. IYKNK.
For younger ages, there was Then Again, Maybe I Won't , Deenie, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Are those still allowed?
Anonymous
07/17/2022 11:01
Subject: Seriously with the book banning ?
When you know better, you do better.
And usually vote accordingly.
The Maga answer to that, is to keep people from knowing better.
And usually vote accordingly.
The Maga answer to that, is to keep people from knowing better.
Anonymous
07/17/2022 08:55
Subject: Seriously with the book banning ?
That’s a feature, not a bug. They are coming for anyone in public education next. The goal is to drive them out of their communities.
Anonymous
07/17/2022 08:35
Subject: Seriously with the book banning ?
Anonymous wrote:
There’s a small strangeness to that specific city being one that has screwed itself out of a library. Little House on the Prairie is one of the best read childrens series and Vinton, Iowa is where Mary Ingalls went to the school for the blind.
Just stupid, short-sighted people. This is what propaganda does to people.
As a librarian, I am utterly broken-hearted by this.
Anonymous
07/17/2022 03:31
Subject: Seriously with the book banning ?
There’s a small strangeness to that specific city being one that has screwed itself out of a library. Little House on the Prairie is one of the best read childrens series and Vinton, Iowa is where Mary Ingalls went to the school for the blind.
Just stupid, short-sighted people. This is what propaganda does to people.
Anonymous
Anonymous
07/15/2022 15:50
Subject: Seriously with the book banning ?
The GOP is fascist. Of course they have to harass and threaten people who don’t think like they do, especially people who are smarter.
What am I saying, everyone is smarter than GOP fascists are.
What am I saying, everyone is smarter than GOP fascists are.
Anonymous
Anonymous
05/27/2022 12:31
Subject: Re:Seriously with the book banning ?
Anonymous wrote:Surely I was the only 11 year old dry humping herself while reading Flowers in the Attic?!?
You were not the only one.
Anonymous
Anonymous
05/27/2022 12:20
Subject: Re:Seriously with the book banning ?
Surely I was the only 11 year old dry humping herself while reading Flowers in the Attic?!?