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marble falls

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3. I'm a bad parent. At least a quarter of those books were on our home bookshelves ...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 10:54 AM

Nov 2021

... and most of the rest might have made it there if they had been published thirty years ago. Toni Morrison for pete's sakes.

Only a coincidence more three quarters had women authors.

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Goddard school district orders 29 books removed from circulation [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 OP

There is social media . . ... Lovie777 Nov 2021 #1

Well, of course they would ban "Handmaid's Tale." Girard442 Nov 2021 #2

I'm a bad parent. At least a quarter of those books were on our home bookshelves ... marble falls Nov 2021 #3

My exact thought. Ban books by women. Maybe that's one element of a lawsuit. ratchiweenie Nov 2021 #7

Intentional or not it certainly speaks to someone's bias. marble falls Nov 2021 #8

Sounds like some "Cancel Culture" stuff by QublicOns who rail against "Cancel Culture" KS Toronado Nov 2021 #4

It's only "cancel culture" when someone ELSE AleksS Nov 2021 #5

My wife is a Young Adult Librarian at a public library. patphil Nov 2021 #6

Friend of mine teaches in this district... bahboo Nov 2021 #9