Never in recorded history has a four-year-old found his father’s loaded book and accidentally killed his younger sister with it.
BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS
#guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism
BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS
#guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism
March 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Never in recorded history has a four-year-old found his father’s loaded book and accidentally killed his younger sister with it.
BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS
#guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism
BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS
#guns #violence #BookBans #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
January 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We made some quick explainers on Project 2025's impact on bookbans for Authors Against Book Bans-- please feel free to share with your own networks.
July 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
We made some quick explainers on Project 2025's impact on bookbans for Authors Against Book Bans-- please feel free to share with your own networks.
October 27, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Some good news from Texas.
#Texas #bookbans #freedomtoread @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
#Texas #bookbans #freedomtoread @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
A majority of pro-book ban school board candidates lost in Texas, but education advocates are worried about other election results.
www.lonestarlive.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Some good news from Texas.
#Texas #bookbans #freedomtoread @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
#Texas #bookbans #freedomtoread @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
Book bans and censorship had no place in the 1600s. They have no place now.
#bookbans #bookbanning #SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #PublicEducation #EllenWeaver #JohnMilton
#bookbans #bookbanning #SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #PublicEducation #EllenWeaver #JohnMilton
February 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Book bans and censorship had no place in the 1600s. They have no place now.
#bookbans #bookbanning #SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #PublicEducation #EllenWeaver #JohnMilton
#bookbans #bookbanning #SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #PublicEducation #EllenWeaver #JohnMilton
Don't mess with Texas libraries! #bookbans
So we thank the authors, parents, grandparents, veterans, librarians, and citizens who spoke up for library access today. We ask the legislature - Don't mess with Texas libraries! @aclutx.bsky.social @equalitytexas.bsky.social @aabbri.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social #txlege
May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Don't mess with Texas libraries! #bookbans
A literal handful of bigots are responsible for like 90% of bookbans. A half dozen British terfs flood the internet loudly enough to sound like a crowd of transphobes.
A few hundred ICE swarm into a single city to give the illusion of being an army.
A few hundred ICE swarm into a single city to give the illusion of being an army.
January 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A literal handful of bigots are responsible for like 90% of bookbans. A half dozen British terfs flood the internet loudly enough to sound like a crowd of transphobes.
A few hundred ICE swarm into a single city to give the illusion of being an army.
A few hundred ICE swarm into a single city to give the illusion of being an army.
November 24, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children’s Publishing Right Now.
Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's a result of book censorship, and it impacts you wherever you live.
bookriot.com/book-bans-an...
Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's a result of book censorship, and it impacts you wherever you live.
bookriot.com/book-bans-an...
April 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
South Carolina pulled our book I am Billie Jean King from school libraries because it mentions her sexual orientation. If you live nearby, make your voice heard at the next school board meeting. #books #bookbans @aclusc.bsky.social
Lexington-Richland 5 officials pulled the children's book "I Am Billie Jean King" from school libraries because it mentions the tennis champion's sexual orientation. This is blatant content-based discrimination and it cannot stand. www.thestate.com/news/local/e...
Midlands school libraries remove children’s book over LGBTQ+ relationship
The Midlands school district cited a state law from the 1980s prohibiting teaching about “homosexual relationships.”
www.thestate.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
South Carolina pulled our book I am Billie Jean King from school libraries because it mentions her sexual orientation. If you live nearby, make your voice heard at the next school board meeting. #books #bookbans @aclusc.bsky.social
Say No To #BookBans.
The full list of 596 books removed from Dept. of Defense schools was released by order of a federal judge as part of a lawsuit brought by the @aclu.org. The list includes titles about diversity, puberty, and racism, and the aptly named YA book, "You Call This Democracy?" pen.org/books-banned...
596 Books Banned by Department of Defense Schools Include Titles on Democracy, Feminism, Racism - PEN America
A list of 596 books removed from Department of Defense schools includes Advanced Placement psychology study guides, titles about diversity, puberty, and racism, and the aptly named Young Adult book, Y...
pen.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Say No To #BookBans.
This is a pinnable post for the Book Bans & Libraries feed. Check this Info Page to see if you can post to feed. If not (check first, thx), reply w/ "I agree with the terms" & I'll add you to the list.
Feed looks for hashtags like #BookBans #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead #BookBanning #FightBookBans
Feed looks for hashtags like #BookBans #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead #BookBanning #FightBookBans
May 27, 2024 at 1:02 PM
This is a pinnable post for the Book Bans & Libraries feed. Check this Info Page to see if you can post to feed. If not (check first, thx), reply w/ "I agree with the terms" & I'll add you to the list.
Feed looks for hashtags like #BookBans #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead #BookBanning #FightBookBans
Feed looks for hashtags like #BookBans #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead #BookBanning #FightBookBans
Chilling. #bookbans
South Carolina Superintendent Ellen Weaver got her book banning regulation passed, and now my kids' school district won't let students borrow ebooks via a public library partnership beyond the "Juvenile" collection. "YA" and "Adult" books are off limits even for high schoolers.
December 16, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Chilling. #bookbans
Yes! Drive them into the sea!
Disclosure: I am a banned author.
#bookbans #bookbanning #MomsForLiberty
Disclosure: I am a banned author.
#bookbans #bookbanning #MomsForLiberty
No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Yes! Drive them into the sea!
Disclosure: I am a banned author.
#bookbans #bookbanning #MomsForLiberty
Disclosure: I am a banned author.
#bookbans #bookbanning #MomsForLiberty
Get to work, readers! #bookbans
Here are the anti-library & pro-censorship bills already prefiled for the 2025 legislative session across the US. It's your job to keep tabs on these, write your representatives, & speak up about the dismantling of public institutions of access + democracy.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-pro-ce...
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-pro-ce...
The Pro-Censorship and Anti-Library & Bills Already Filed for 2025
Killing the Department of Education is one we already saw coming.
wellsourced.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Get to work, readers! #bookbans