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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 1d

a wyoming library director was fired over a book dispute and just won a $700k settlement. librarians are getting punished for doing their jobs while censors get school board seats.

how much more of this before something breaks?

Intellectual Freedom News 10/10/2025

ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual…

www.oif.ala.org

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 1d

moms for liberty co-founder says her goal is reducing public school attendance to zero. not reform. zero. while praising a federal portal to report schools for teaching about diversity.

if this doesn't scare you, you're not paying attention.

Under Linda McMahon, DOE is working to erode public schools

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency she runs. She calls it 'the final mission.'

ctmirror.org

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 1d

moms for liberty's ceo attacked a news outlet for investigating their right-wing funding. they demand transparency but can't handle basic journalism.

this isn't parental rights—it's propaganda with a smile.

Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event - Bucks County Beacon

Our crime? Journalism.

buckscountybeacon.com

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 2d

brevard county just paid moms for liberty 568k for suing over free speech rules. the same group banning lgbtq+ books now gets half a mil in taxpayer money.

how is this not just rewarding bad faith?

Brevard schools to pay nearly $568K in settlement with right-wing Moms for Liberty

Moms for Liberty filed the lawsuit in 2021 over a school board policy plaintiffs argued violated free speech rights.

www.orlandoweekly.com

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 3d

Cliff! Thank you! We'll find it. We appreciate you.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 4d

we’re banning “all boys aren’t blue” but funding committees to decide what’s “obscene.” nothing screams moral clarity like censoring teens while pretending it’s for their safety.

seriously, who’s buying this?

Here are the most banned books of 2025.

As we round out #BannedBooksWeek, it’s time to observe a grim new tradition. PEN America has announced its annual most-banned-books-of-the-year list. This year’s crop of “objectio…

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Hanna Blue 🏴‍☠️🏴🏁🗽⚜️❤️‍🔥🎃🎭🍁 @blueberrypoison.bsky.social · 4d

As the daughter of a librarian I encourage everybody to read banned books they’re usually more insightful anyway. #FuckTheSystem

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 4d

@shantahs.bsky.social he does have an actual face. here's a clip. hello.bannedcamppodcast.com/robot

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 4d

moms for liberty just won $568k from a school district for “free speech” while fighting to silence everyone else’s. freedom for me, censorship for thee.

is this the new definition of liberty?

Brevard Public Schools to pay nearly $568,000 in settlement with Moms for Liberty

Brevard Public Schools would pay nearly $568,000 in a lawsuit with Moms for Liberty, according to a draft settlement agreement.

www.floridatoday.com

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

@shantahs.bsky.social oh my god that’s such a great idea, you made our day. how about designing a small banned books sticker set, like 3–5 pieces? your art spreads free speech, listeners get free art, the stickers help us grow the show. win win win lose. ron desantis loses. :)

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

it’s banned books week again. the same speeches, same outrage, same people trying to pull “the bluest eye.” feels like we’re rereading a bad chapter on repeat.

how long till someone writes a better ending?

library.tc.columbia.edu

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

a wisconsin civics class asked students to name their political party. moms for liberty lost it.

maybe the assignment should’ve been on irony instead.

Wisconsin student said teacher pressured her to publicly identify political party despite safety fears

Wisconsin school district removes political display after student reported harassment concerns over mandatory party identification assignment at Middleton High School.

www.foxnews.com

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

We are currently reading this book!

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 5d

Just a reminder! If you're buying books in support of #BannedBooksWeek buying from Amazon undercuts the broader project of social justice supporting the right to read is a part of. Get your banned books absolutely anywhere else!

Amazon is the invisible backbone of ICE’s immigration crackdown

Lobbying dollars and a cozy relationship with the government have given the tech giant an outsize influence in the Department of Homeland Security.

www.technologyreview.com

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

10/7/25
you always knew they'd make caring feel like weakness.
this chapter of brave new world proves you were right.
click to listen. no app needed.
👉 bannedcamppodcast.com/ashamed

if you still believe we can fight back, repost this.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

books like brave new world challenge us to think critically about control. that's exactly why they're banned. check out Banned Camp - new episodes drop every tues & thurs.

what's your favorite banned book, and why do you think it scares fascists so much?

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This is Banned Camp - a comedy podcast where we read banned books and find out why they were banned in the first place.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

6️⃣ the old man climbing down the ladder slowly, carefully, living a real life into his 80s. meanwhile in the "perfect" society they die at 60. all that control and medical science and they die younger. authoritarianism always promises safety and delivers death.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

5️⃣ bernard tries to show her that real intimate human connection matters. she can't even process it. she's been conditioned to see authentic life as dirty and wrong. this is why they're banning books - intimacy and authenticity are threats to fascism.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

4️⃣ she sees mothers breastfeeding and she's disgusted. they've programmed her to be repulsed by the most natural human act. sound familiar? that's what book bans do - make you ashamed of being human. desantis is counting on your shame.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

3️⃣ she brought soma everywhere to numb herself. until one day she forgot it. and facing reality without the drug was unbearable. that's exactly how they want you - scrolling, distracted, medicated on outrage until you can't remember what fighting back feels like.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

2️⃣ lenina sees a naturally aging person for the first time and she's horrified. that's the entire authoritarian playbook - keep you so disconnected from reality that normal human existence becomes terrifying. trump needs you to forget what real looks like.

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

watching democracy die in real time 🧵

on the new episode of banned camp (a comedy podcast where we read banned books and try to figure out why they were banned), we read chapter 7 of brave new world. here are the 5 most interesting things we found that relate to what we're dealing with today...

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 5d

the trump administration just banned 600 books on military bases. nothing says “land of the free” like government-approved reading lists. someone unplug the country.

Book Bans Are ‘Common and Rampant.’ So Are Educators and Parents Fighting Them. | NEA

Banned Books Week 2025 is Oct 5-11. Learn how to advocate for students’ right to read.

www.nea.org

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 6d

a virginia candidate is headlining moms for liberty events to talk about “parental rights.” translation: turning fear into votes.

totally normal campaign strategy.

Republicans double down on trans issues as a wedge with independent voters - WTOP News

It’s early on a Thursday evening and Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia’s Republican candidate for governor, is in a familiar place. She’s standing outside of a school board meeting to call attention to…

wtop.com

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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · 6d

libraries are facing bomb threats for defending books about race and gender. the people calling this “protecting kids” are the ones teaching them fear.

maybe the real danger isn’t the books — it’s the silence.

Banned Books Week 2025 | Anne Arundel County Public Library

Banned Books Week takes place October 5 through October 11. Its purpose is to "draw national attention to the harms of censorship".

www.aacpl.net

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