I know of a state that would gladly accept your contribution. And should presidential-hopeful DeSantis secure the high office, expect conflagrations throughout The ‘Union’ that will rival their worst wildfires. Recommend this Post
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Northern Reflections: They’re Taking The Books Out Of Classrooms
In Florida, they’re getting rid of lots of books. Marsha Lederman writes: Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder or more depressing on the U.S. book-ban front comes this plot twist from Manatee County, Fla. The school board near Sarasota recently issued an edict that prompted teachers to
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: When Worlds Collide And Converge
While reading the early part of a recent column by Rosie DiManno, as a Canadian I couldn’t help but feel a measure of smugness, but that sentiment quickly evaporated the further I got into her piece. At a school board meeting last month in what I choose to call
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Things Fall Apart
Can a society that regards books as threats survive? I have my serious doubts, doubts you may share after becoming acquainted with the following story, yet another nail in the coffin of the empire known as America. This tale comes from Southlake, Texas, where many are concerned about the ability
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Petition: Protect Feminist Books at Vancouver Women’s Library
A book-banning campaign by Gays Against Gentrification (GAG) is demanding the Vancouver Woman’s Library (VWL) remove and ban over twenty feminist books from their collection. These works — written by renowned women authors who have a long history of engaging in critical analysis against the oppression of women as class
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Let’s Not Ban Books, Kamloops
Ban me? Burn me? Fear me? OK, Kamloops, take a cool soothing breath while I take a short break today to not talk about the rebooting of the Occupy Movement in 8 days. I know most of you in The Loops are doing just fine and that most of you
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWE Sunday Disservice – Malala Yousafzai’s Book Banned
Pakistan announced that Malala Yousafzai’s book “I Am Malala” was banned from private schools. From the CBC: Officials say they have banned teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai’s book from private schools across Pakistan, calling her a tool of the West. It isn’t about religion, holiness, or allah, god (etc.).
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