Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

62 followers 150 following 10 posts

Censorship is bad.
Llano, Texas

Posts Replies Media Videos

Pinned

Leila Green Little @ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s four years of news coverage about our lawsuit: padlet.com/lalubean/lei...

Leila Green Little, et al., v. Llano County, et al.

News coverage

padlet.com

Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

Wow, Kelly was unfortunately spot on. Again. More. Still.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM

Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

Also, loudly for those in the back:

If your government officials want to censor books, let’s

VOTE
THEM
OUT!

Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 1d

Rulings like Little v. Llano and those that defer to the 5th Circuit going forward may limit consideration of First Amendment claims in library collection decisions, but they DO NOT require censorship, and DO NOT remove local responsibility or community voice.

Get loud. Get involved. Get local.

December 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM

Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

Here’s four years of news coverage about our lawsuit: padlet.com/lalubean/lei...

Leila Green Little, et al., v. Llano County, et al.

News coverage

padlet.com

December 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM

Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

www.wordsandmoney.com/in-conversat...

In Conversation: Freedom to Read Advocate Leila Green Little

Words & Money talks with the lead plaintiff in Little v. Llano County about her four year fight against censorship.

www.wordsandmoney.com

December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

My letter to the editor in The Llano News today.

“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”
Eighty-two years ago, during WW2, our Supreme Court issued these words. Today, I still believe these words represent the promise of the very best of our country’s ideals. Unfortunately, now, this is no longer the truth or the law of the land in Texas.
Oxford English Dictionary defines the noun censor as “an official with the power to suppress…books…on the grounds of obscenity, seditiousness, etc.” Four years ago, our elected officials, government employees, and some citizens worked in tandem to censor books at our local public library. This is an inarguable fact.
Because of the standing Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, this act of censorship and others like it are now legal.
On Monday morning, members of our commissioners’ court were photographed smiling and high-fiving when the order from SCOTUS was announced. Kudos to our local journalists for capturing this apparent celebration.
Supporters of censorship are found throughout the annals of history, throughout the world, and right here in our own backyard. Read some books and you’ll find them, too. My high school history teachers, librarians, and English teachers helped me find them, which is how I recognized them in my own hometown four years ago, and how I knew how to oppose them.
I weep for the implications of this ruling.
I thank those in the community who stand beside me and against censorship.
I implore you all to both speak out and vote. As Audre Lorde wrote, “Your silence will not protect you.”

December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM

Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 4d

PUBLIC libraries in those states are not public libraries anymore. They're government mouthpieces. If the government doesn't want you to have access to a book about a gay kid, THEY get to decide that for you.

Our libraries have been stolen from us and it's not getting better.

December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM