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"What can we do to stop book censorship and destruction of libraries in the US? How can we push back against the dismantling of public education?"
This is over four years of how-tos, guides, insights, and more. Resources are beyond plentiful.
This is over four years of how-tos, guides, insights, and more. Resources are beyond plentiful.
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
May 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"What can we do to stop book censorship and destruction of libraries in the US? How can we push back against the dismantling of public education?"
This is over four years of how-tos, guides, insights, and more. Resources are beyond plentiful.
This is over four years of how-tos, guides, insights, and more. Resources are beyond plentiful.
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JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
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terrific work from @garethwatkins.bsky.social. with AI, the idea isn't to create interesting art but for the right-wing ruling class to express contempt for it. "If AI was capable of producing art that was formally competent, surprising, soulful, they wouldn't want it. They would be repelled by it."
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right argues @garethwatkins.bsky.social newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
terrific work from @garethwatkins.bsky.social. with AI, the idea isn't to create interesting art but for the right-wing ruling class to express contempt for it. "If AI was capable of producing art that was formally competent, surprising, soulful, they wouldn't want it. They would be repelled by it."
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The New York Times: "We need more data on trans healthcare, it shouldn't be allowed"
Trump: "Fuck the very concept of data"
NYT: *crickets*
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
Trump: "Fuck the very concept of data"
NYT: *crickets*
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
CDC will no longer process transgender data
The agency's decision will likely affect a number of federal health surveillance systems that serve as critical resources for researchers.
www.statnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The New York Times: "We need more data on trans healthcare, it shouldn't be allowed"
Trump: "Fuck the very concept of data"
NYT: *crickets*
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
Trump: "Fuck the very concept of data"
NYT: *crickets*
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
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Read “What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.“ by S. Bear Bergman on Medium: medium.com/@sbearbergma...
What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.
It’s very reasonable to be worried and trying to understand how to help. Here are some actionable suggestions for the short and medium term.
medium.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Read “What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.“ by S. Bear Bergman on Medium: medium.com/@sbearbergma...
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Anyhow, I try to find small, concrete things to do so I can avoid panicking, so right now, that small thing is buying cookies from transgender Girl Scouts. As a bonus, I will also have cookies.
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Anyhow, I try to find small, concrete things to do so I can avoid panicking, so right now, that small thing is buying cookies from transgender Girl Scouts. As a bonus, I will also have cookies.
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I often see people try to push back against book bans by saying parents can decide what their own kid reads but no one else's. While I get the impulse, it's not doing what you think it is, as OP explains. It's still the same parents' rights dance, just to a different tune.
children are entirely politically powerless and wholly dependent upon and at the mercy of others. they are cannot assert their basic rights, & their voices do not factor into any notion of “public opinion.” so it comes as no surprise that the idea that kids *have* rights strikes people as odd.
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I often see people try to push back against book bans by saying parents can decide what their own kid reads but no one else's. While I get the impulse, it's not doing what you think it is, as OP explains. It's still the same parents' rights dance, just to a different tune.
been a few years since I've frequented a social media platform such as this. surely being here will not poison my mind whatsoever!
January 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
been a few years since I've frequented a social media platform such as this. surely being here will not poison my mind whatsoever!