Post #625882

2026-03-09 16:13 UTC

Looking for some good books that will expand your young person’s mind? Have a look at the ones the idiots in the Alberta government find threatening. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495 #censorship #abpoli #books

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@PapyrusBrigade@mstdn.ca 2026-03-09 16:28

@chriscorrigan Indeed. I hadn't realised a biography of Camus would be that interesting. Adding that to the reading pile.

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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-03-09 16:31

@chriscorrigan How does a gay kid stay gay despite eight thousand books and 95% of movies telling them how great cis sex is during all waking hours? I mean have you seen Sleepless in Seattle? But 7 gay positive books on 20,000 feet of library shelves make a cis person gay? #nazisBanBooks #cult #cultists #librariescreatecivilization #libraries #bookbans #orgasm #lgbtq2i #lgbt

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@ScribblersEmporium@mastodon.world 2026-03-09 17:12

@chriscorrigan

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@deborahh@cosocial.ca 2026-03-09 18:44

@chriscorrigan … of course, the list includes 1984, The Handmaid's Tale, V for Vendetta ... #bannedBooks

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@anyGould@kind.social 2026-03-09 18:45

@chriscorrigan What blew my mind is the "oh, we had to remove vol. 3, but the other 8 volumes are OK" (or the even funnier "vol 1-11 aren't safe, but 12,15,16, and 17 are OK"). Oh, and make sure to ban Alison Bechdel - can't be having women talk to each other in media unless it's about boys! 🙄

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