Monday Bag o’ Imposter Syndrome
Sometimes, most often with banned book posts, I experience imposter syndrome, that unsettling feeling of pretending to be someone I’m not.
"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
Sometimes, most often with banned book posts, I experience imposter syndrome, that unsettling feeling of pretending to be someone I’m not.
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.
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.
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.”