"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Reviews of subversive literature
Saturday afternoon, a U-Haul truck carrying 31 masked and uniformed members of the Patriot Front was stopped in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The thugs in the back of the truck were on their way to a Pride event at a local park, where they clearly intended to bust heads.
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.
Kelly Yang’s “Front Desk” first came to my attention via an October 2021 news story about its banning at an elementary school in New York.
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind (wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more).
My interest in this book stems from a November 2021 news article about an Arizona high school principal who was suspended, then fired, over it.
The 1619 Project sits at the nexus of conservative grievances over teaching less-than-flattering aspects of American history, and is often confused with, and wrapped up in, what book banners and white-wing politicians refer to as “critical race theory.”