it’s Banned Books Week! here’s a print i made of books recently banned and challenged, and what I wrote about it at the time, several months ago. since then it’s become even more clear that now banning books is mostly about people in power trying to keep everyone else out of it. • Repost from @jane_mount these are mostly new but I included a few classics just to remind us all how crazy it is. personally, i think banning books is just a futile attempt for adults to try to exert control over kids that are trying hard to learn how to be adults and need every bit of data they can get from all sources. and not only is controlling kids’ minds totally wrong AND basically impossible, but if that’s the goal then books are (by far!) the last thing anyone should be attacking (oh hi, social media). also, in recent times this control-seeking is often just a manifestation of irrational hatred for anyone in any way different from the hater. on the positive side, books that get banned often get an uptick in sales, bc everyone knows that if someone tries not get you to not read something, it must be worth reading! . #bannedbooksweek #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks #readallthebooks . https://www.idealbookshelf.com/products/ideal-bookshelf-1223-banned-books