As I have mentioned many times here on the blog, Kelly Jensen is doing the hard work chronicling book censorship in America.
Click on the "Censorship" button below or here to read every thing Jensen and the Book Riot staff have on the topic. I cannot stress enough how important this coverage is both because no one else in the entire US is doing as much work as Jensen to document it all and her advice on what to do is practical and will actually help.
Case in point, late last week she presented in her words, "the most basic, boiled-down primer for how to fight book bans in 2024. It’s short, sweet, and to the point."
Click here to read it or see the intro with a link to more below, use her advice, and pass it on to your patrons so that you can be part of the solution. Stop being afraid of drawing attention to yourself and start actively trying to help us all regain control and stop this horror novel we are currently living in when it comes to censorship.
How to Fight Book Bans in 2024: Book Censorship News, April 26, 2024
In October 2021, I put together the first comprehensive guide to fighting book bans and challenges at Book Riot during the rising wave of censorship. Despite linking to this again and again and despite it being the foundation from which Book Riot put together an entire ebook last February—How to Fight Book Bans and Censorship—and despite the fact that we are absolutely flooded with “how to” resources everywhere, I’m still asked for more. So let’s do just that. Here’s the most basic, boiled-down primer for how to fight book bans in 2024. It’s short, sweet, and to the point.
2 comments:
One of the things that strikes me is how many people will be angry at her advice.
Because the impulse to find fast, easy solutions is so ingrained--between the "capitalism as religion" and the "rugged individualism/personal responsibility" mythos, far too many people just block the reality: we live in a society, book bans reflect systemic problems, and the only solution to systemic problems is also systemic. Ergo: vote.
Yes. And that s part of the problem as well.
Post a Comment