'Handmaid's Tale,' 'Girls Who Code' and Other Books Just Banned in the U.S.

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I woke up this morning to a news alert that our @GirlsWhoCode middle-grade book series was banned by some school districts as part of the Mom for Liberty effort to ban books. To be honest, I am so angry I cannot breathe.

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"Handmaid's Tale," "Girls Who Code "and other books just banned in the U.S.
The updated index from PEN America was released on Monday and showed 1,648 titles that were banned in classrooms and libraries in the U.S. this year.
8:17 AM · Sep 24, 2022

https://www.newsweek.com/handmaids-tale-girls-who-code-other-books-banned-us-1745890

Some of the biggest titles in classic and modern literature have been banned in schools and libraries around the United States, including The Handmaid's Tale, Girls Who Code, and more.

PEN America, an organization that advocates for free expression in literature, recently updated the nationwide index that lists every book banned in the 2021-22 school year.

The index came out on Monday, the start of Banned Books Week, and listed 1,648 titles that were banned around the U.S. this year, not including titles that were repeated in multiple states. The index also acknowledged that books may have been banned that were not recorded. According to the report, books were banned in 5,049 schools with a combined enrollment of nearly 4 million students in 32 states.

Around 41 percent of the banned books on the index address LGBTQ+ themes or have characters who are LGBTQ+. Roughly 40 percent of the books feature characters of color, and 21 percent of the banned books address issues of race and racism.

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[roody]

1. Doesn't that make kids want to read them?

[Initech]

2. It's seriously time to start treating Fox News as an enemy of the state.

Banning books is one of the first steps towards genocide and if they support this sort of thing, they're an enemy of the US as far as I'm concerned. They brought this craziness on us because of this "woke" bullshit which they only brought on because their asshole president didn't win reelection. Fox News is a huge problem in this country.

[tirebiter]

3. The 1st amendment used to be to to the ACLU what the 2nd amendment is to the NRA.

When did that change? I wasn’t asked for my ok.

[Wednesdays]

4. K&R.

[kysrsoze]

5. The Handmaid's Tale is their playbook. They don't want to spoil the surprise.

[Bev54]

6. I thought they would use it for training manual

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. The radicalized Republican party must control education in order to create their theocracy.

https://www.salon.com/2021/12/02/republicans-on-education-is-the-most-crucial-part-of-their-push-for-fascism/

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Someone banned 'Peter Pan'???

That's got to be the most bizarre book selected yet.

[IcyPeas]

9. The GOP is literally BANNING abortion, BANNING books, BANNING Black history, BANNING transgender

The GOP is literally BANNING abortion, BANNING books, BANNING Black history, BANNING transgender rights, BANNING saying gay and are now working on BANNING birth control and BANNING marriage equality. But get this: The GOP says they are all about FREEDOM.

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