Post #2223295
2026-04-20 22:23 UTC
ALA just put out their State of Libraries report, and with it, the top 11 challenged books of 2025. (https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/american-library-association-releases-2025-most-challenged-books-list-national-library)
What are the likely objections to these books?
Trafficking of girls, queer (gay), queer (gender), too sexy for the teenagers, queer (lesbian), betrayal and bad decisions by teenagers, too sexy for teens (same series), rape and ultra-violence, incest+terrible parenting+fallout from, the impact of a life, and too sexy for the teens (different series).
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@TheyOfHIShirts@glammr.us 2026-04-20 22:37
If you put it like that, it makes the objections sound almost reasonable. Until you remember that (https://www.akimbocomics.com/?p=924) not all stories that are created are for people who want to soar among the clouds. And that "young adult" often means they are still finding a sense of who they are, and looking for stories that reflect or are analogous to their own. Disappearing stories is about closing off reality, and while that appeals to fascism, it backfires at a near 100% rate.
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@jessamyn@glammr.us 2026-04-20 22:28
@TheyOfHIShirts@glammr.us "Less than 3 percent of challenges originated from individual parents." It's just all pressure groups and.or the government.