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Caroline B. Rabalais @carolinebr.bsky.social · 12d

Can't wait for this! What a privilege to have Drs. Smith and Pendergrass join us. #literacies See you all then!

AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

You will not want to be miss the October chat, where we will be celebrating HOMECOMING with #literacies chat founders Dr. Anna Smith (@anna-phd.bsky.social) and Dr. Emily Pendergrass (@esp-phd.bsky.social)

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 12d

Please reach out any time with questions! Or if you experience censorship, I can connect you to folks at various orgs who offer support and guidance. We're in this together and keeping diverse books in kids' hands and in teachers' classrooms is essential work. #literacies

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks to those who joined! I'll be working through my replies and mentions over the next few days to continue the conversation. I'll plug an amazing volume of research on censorship that you can get now, and vol 2 focuses on teacher voices and is coming out in November (before NCTE). #literacies

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Nicole R. Misra she/her @nicolermisra.bsky.social · 12d

So excited for this special #literacies Homecoming! 💖 Put it on your calendar today!

AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

You will not want to be miss the October chat, where we will be celebrating HOMECOMING with #literacies chat founders Dr. Anna Smith (@anna-phd.bsky.social) and Dr. Emily Pendergrass (@esp-phd.bsky.social)

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

I think @drannd.bsky.social's work is such an example and reminder of how important it is for #literacies scholars working in higher ed settings to stand in solidarity with teachers who are living the risks and realities of censorship all day, every day.

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

SO excited for this. A blast from the #literacies past.

AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

You will not want to be miss the October chat, where we will be celebrating HOMECOMING with #literacies chat founders Dr. Anna Smith (@anna-phd.bsky.social) and Dr. Emily Pendergrass (@esp-phd.bsky.social)

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

You will not want to be miss the October chat, where we will be celebrating HOMECOMING with #literacies chat founders Dr. Anna Smith (@anna-phd.bsky.social) and Dr. Emily Pendergrass (@esp-phd.bsky.social)

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 12d

This fear is so real. And that's the point of the climate of fear created by the various ideologues who seek to silence stories and rewrite history. There's great power in looking to Freedom Schools or Indigenous peoples fostering literacy during colonization. I love this project. #literacies

Networks of Correspondence | We Do Not Want the Gates Closed Between Us

Networks of Correspondence The written language, passed along in letters through the US Postal Service, bridged the gaps among reservations, allowing men an ...

nativeamericannetworks.com

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you all for joining us! And a huge thank you to @drannd.bsky.social for hosting!

Everyone is welcome to continue the #literacies chat beyond this moment in time!

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

Be sure to check out our latest Inquiring Minds podcast: Multimodal Authoring!
tinyurl.com/Multimod... #Literacies

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Nicole R. Misra she/her @nicolermisra.bsky.social · 12d

A6 1/3: I have not really talked about censorship’s larger impacts! I have mainly focused on emphasizing the importance for students to see their stories (and stories of others unlike them) in books. It can be life-saving.

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

Be sure to check out our latest Inquiring Minds podcast: Multimodal Authoring!
tinyurl.com/Multimod... #Literacies

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

tinyurl.com

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Lexi K Woodward @lexikwoodward.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for sharing! This makes me deeply consider the ways I can (and should!) use my power as a University student to step up and speak in solidarity with teachers in such vulnerable positions! #literacies

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Caroline B. Rabalais @carolinebr.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for joining!! I'm a public ed teacher too. It's funny that I stand by the things I write here, but I'm always aware that I need to be careful of what I write. It's a confusing balance.

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Vaughn Z-N @vzn11.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for this! My dept is currently amazing. However, in a small town, parents often turn to social media & direct complaints to admin before speaking to the teachers or board. #literacies W/ recent events, complaints about text/topics in class have come up, even with approved texts.

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Vaughn Z-N @vzn11.bsky.social · 12d

A5: I've never done this b4 so hopefully not stepping on toes. As a public ed teacher, I was excited to see this topic addressed, yet for this topical reason, I was afraid to chime in because of what someone might do if they see my posts then try to target my job/district/curriculum. #literacies

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

I would be interested to explore how children themselves respond to censorship! There was a lot of youth backlash to the recent UK online safety act rollout because some young people saw it as censorship. This has been a challenging tension for me, as I also value online safety for youth!

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 12d

Totally fair! It is so real. And not at all stepping on toes. Hopefully you have allies in your department and community who have your back. Parents who will speak at the school board before there's an issue. Maybe you can quietly share this toolkit with them. #literacies

Guide to Attending Library and School Board Meetings

Make sure local officials know you support the library and access to books of all kinds by attending, listening, and speaking out against censorship.

uniteagainstbookbans.org

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

One of our own!!! 🥲 #literacies

Caroline B. Rabalais @carolinebr.bsky.social · 12d

A6: I actually talk to my students a lot about censorship. This current unit, we're reading Fahrenheit 451, and we're talking all about restrictions to literacy historically and currently. #literacies I also have written specifically about book bans: ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy | ILA Journal | Wiley Online Library

This article examines the recent increase of book bannings and challenged books and their possible effects on marginalized youth, including students who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, and/or...

ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 12d

Check out these resources from Dr. Ann David @drannd.bsky.social to learn more about censorship and #literacies !

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Sean P. Connors @profconnors.bsky.social · 12d

In one instance, administrators at a local high school required that English teachers use only the district approved textbook. Beyond that, they’re not permitted to bring in stand alone works of fiction or allow for student choice reading.

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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 12d

Yes! Makes me think not only about censorship of content, but censorship of modality, and the ways that arts-based forms of literacy or play-based literacies are often delegitimized in institutional spaces.

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Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · 12d

If you censor all the books, the only texts that can be taught are the ones from centralized sources.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 12d

School Moms, by Pappano, looks at the Christian Nationalist goal of taking over school board and, eventually, public schools. Michael Apple has been writing about the Right's desire to delegitimize public schools for decades. It is part of the larger neoliberal marketification of ed. #literacies

Beacon Press: School Moms

www.beacon.org

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 12d

So true. The goal is removal of agency! We actually don't know much about the impacts of these restrictions on young people. Enough of that research hasn't been published (yet). #literacies

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