Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school, classroom and library
Books by Margaret Atwood, Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur and Sarah J Maas are among 13 titles that the state of Utah has ordered to be removed from all public school classrooms and libraries.
This marks the first time a state has outlawed a list of books statewide, according to PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman, who oversees the organisation’s free expression programs.
The books on the list were prohibited under a new law requiring all of Utah’s public school districts to remove books if they are banned in either three districts, or two school districts and five charter schools. Utah has 41 public school districts in total.
They have lost their fucking mind.
As has anyone else who has ever been on the book banning / burning bandwagon.
"small government" wants to control what you can and can't read.
if they are banned in either three districts
So a few small, rural school districts with the most socially conservative people control what a state of 3M people can read. What a great system.
The Mormons wouldn't want it any other way. Even though less 50% of residents indentify as Mor[m]on, the State legislature is over 80% Mormon. And white. And male.
Huh... This doesn't bode well...
Are you there, god? It's me, government-sanctioned christofascist book banning.