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Brenna Urban
@factuallyspeaking.bsky.social
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fascist fighter, bisexual, & equal rights activist who hoards books, crochets, and watches cartoons #DemCast
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 14h
It's #BannedBookWeek! My favorite Banned Book is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee! What's yours?

Read this piece to find out more about how you can support your local librarians and favorite authors!

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Once Upon a Banned Book
When books are banned, freedom is stifled. Let's celebrate knowledge and reading while defending resistance!
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Athena Gabriel ❌👑 @athenagabriel.bsky.social · 12h
Octavia Butler and John Steinbeck made the banned list. Read Kindred, Parable of the Sower, The Grapes of Wrath, and more. They tried to silence truth, empathy, and imagination. Let’s prove they can’t. What’s your favorite banned book? #BannedBooksWeek
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 9h
Unfortunately, you’re right.
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 9h
Kite Runner is one of my favs too! Alice Walker being banned breaks my heart
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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d
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SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 12h
Diary of Anne Frank being banned is WILD

I mean they’re all wild but holy shit how are you going to ban a LITERAL CHILD
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 12h
Yep!
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 12h
AGREED
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 12h
Literally such a good list 🙌🙌
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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 12h
Anyone who’s read Orwell knows Censorship Is So 1984. This #BannedBooksWeek, don’t just read—act. For every banned book you’ve read on the Bingo Card, donate $5 to PEN America to keep the fight for free expression alive. 📚💪 social.demcast.com/s/ailDBApy
Support PEN America!
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 13h
They banned A Clockwork Orange, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Wicked, Crank and many more because free minds scare them.

So read louder.
Share harder.

Pass the stories they’re desperate to erase.
Rebellion starts on the page.
#BannedBooksWeek
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 13h
“Those who ban books fear ideas that set people free.

But censorship doesn’t just silence authors—it steals our freedom to learn, to question, to know ourselves and each other.

This #BannedBooksWeek, stand up for the freedom to read. Every story matters. Every voice counts.”
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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 13h
What does it mean when a book is “banned”? From challenges to outright restrictions, censorship takes many forms—and it’s spreading fast. The ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom fights back every day.
#BannedBooksWeek

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 13h
It’s #BannedBooksWeek and yes, even Octavia Butler and John Steinbeck made the banned list.

They tried to silence truth, empathy, and imagination.

Let’s prove they can’t.

What’s your favorite banned book?

Are you reading a banned book right now? Which one?
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13h
Since 2021, nearly 23,000 books have been banned—proof that fear still wields a red pen. They’re trying to erase stories of race, identity, and love because they can’t erase the people who live them.

Read defiantly.
Share loudly.
Rebel with a book.
#BannedBooksWeek
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KellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 13h
George Takei, “Those who ban books fear ideas that set people free. But censorship doesn’t just silence authors—it steals our freedom to learn, to question, to know ourselves and each other. This #BannedBooksWeek, stand up for the freedom to read. Every story matters. Every voice counts.”
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 13h
Books banned. Professors fired. Librarians threatened. Textbooks censored. The war on education is here and we’re not backing down.
Stand with educators and librarians.
Show up. Speak out. Vote.
Defend the freedom to read and learn.
#BannedBooksWeek
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 14h
Super difficult read, but SO SO necessary. Atwood is one of my fav authors ❤️
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14h
📚🔥 Our latest Substack is live for #BannedBooksWeek! “Once Upon a Banned Book” celebrates the power of stories that spark imagination and defy censorship. Read it, share it, and join the movement to protect the right to read!

👉 www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/once-upon-...
Once Upon a Banned Book
When books are banned, freedom is stifled. Let's celebrate knowledge and reading while defending resistance!
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 1d
Congratulations to Aftyn Behn!

We can FLIP this seat! LFG!
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 14h
Book bans do not protect children; they seek to control them. They limit what young people can know, imagine, and question.

Resistance is Reading. Share this post now to spread the word about Banned Book Week!
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 14h
I love this so much omg
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 14h
I love this idea so much! I'm going to try to organize one in my community! Anyone else have any good ideas for #BannedBookWeek?
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jana goldman @pressherejg.bsky.social · 14h
We’re doing a read-in in our community Saturday of people sitting in public places reading banned books and talking about them.
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 14h
Maus is BEAUTIFUL. The artwork and story 😍
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 14h
Omg I forgot that Alice in Wonderland was banned. 1984 is a CLOSE second for me. LOVE Orwell 😍
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Brenna Urban @factuallyspeaking.bsky.social · 14h
Yep... apparently discussing historical racism makes white people pretty uncomfortable 🙄 As if that wasn't Harper Lee's ENTIRE POINT
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