Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban | State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and library

silence7@slrpnk.net · edit-2 3 months ago

k_rol@lemmy.ca · 3 months ago

While I hate this, I’m left wondering why we even mention the authors gender.

Is it to indicate that lawmakers go against women’s freedoms?

silence7@slrpnk.net · 3 months ago

Yes. A lot of book bans have been focused on books written by women and minorities.

k_rol@lemmy.ca · 3 months ago

I didn’t know that, my god it’s so stupid.