'Rape cannot be censored away in the real world. It shouldn’t be censored in our libraries either.' POWERFUL words from my colleagues. Proud to fight alongside of these folks. msmagazine.com/2024/03/04/boo… CC Kasey Meehan Sabrina Baêta (she/they) Madison

Throughout U.S. history, students have protested to demand justice in the U.S. & worldwide.

Invariably, they faced violence from police & vilification by corporate media & politicians.

We share a few of countless stories of K–12 and college activism ⬇️
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'The bans we're seeing are broad, harsh, and pernicious—and they're undermining the education of millions of students across the country,' said Sabrina Baêta (she/they), co-lead author of @PENAmerica's latest report on book bans in U.S. schools. commondreams.org/news/book-bans…

All voted in favor of upholding the Committee’s decisions to keep these books!

This is huge in the home of M4L and with a Review Committee that was designed to remove the books.

Surprise! Book banning is NOT popular among a free people!

Call me Hester Prynne (a name, I bet, that 90% of those calling for bans would not recognize).

Proud to have worked on this with Dr. Tasslyn Magnusson Kasey Meehan Madison Lisa Tolin and so many others! Let’s keep fighting to keep books on shelves

READ THIS - a new report written by my brilliant colleague and friend Sabrina Baêta (she/they) - it recounts the 2 years of tracking - cc Florida Freedom to Read Project TX Freedom to Read Project EveryLibrary Peter Bromberg TXFReadomFighters We Need Diverse Books

Book banners like to say a book is not banned if you can find it at bookstores.

Also book banners: Call to boycott Barnes & Noble for selling ‘banned books’

thepinknews.com/2023/12/11/bar…

This was a GOODIE with the dream team Lisa Tolin Dr. Tasslyn Magnusson Sabrina Baêta (she/they)

Let’s say it louder for those not convinced yet: 👏 book bans 👏 are not 👏 a “hoax” !! 👏

Sometimes our work is so satisfying Kasey Meehan Sabrina Baêta (she/they) Dr. Tasslyn Magnusson …

Folio welcomes Sabrina Baêta (Sabrina Baêta (she/they)) exploring PEN America's vital research and advocacy on banned books. How will the upcoming elections shape our freedom to read. Zoom in on Oct 6! 📚✨  #BannedBooksWeek #FolioSeattle #IndependentLibrary

The freedom to read is under assault—particularly in public schools—curtailing students’ freedom to explore words, ideas, & books. In the 2022–23 school year, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of book bans in US public school classrooms & libraries.

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PEN’s new report shows an increase of 33% in school book bans last year. The real knockout here is that the average publication date of the most banned books: 2005, making them 18 years old. bookriot.com/schools-saw-a-…

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

This summer, Urbandale, Iowa, schools identified nearly 400 books for removal, including The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou & The Adventures of Honey & Leon by Alan Cumming. Send a letter to stop bans: pen.org/action

Thank you Buttered Jorts (fka kelly jensen) 🐱🐰 and Book Riot for raising this. Your constant vigilance and steadfast voice matters.

FFTRP makes me proud to be a Floridian, groups like theirs are the reason our research can happen

Read this. Then go to pen.org/action and DO SOMETHING to stop it.

It’s getting worse. Our latest book ban report from PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman 📚 Kasey Meehan Sabrina Baêta (she/they) and Dr. Tasslyn Magnusson.

Join us & our partners at GrantmakersInTheArts ABFE on 9/28 for a powerful conversation with Black TGNC artists about cultural organizing in our current moment.

Panelists: J Mase III George M Johnson Garçon HunterDae Little-Goodridge & Sabrina Baêta (she/they)

RSVP: ow.ly/MNec50PMe4h