You Can’t Read That!
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.
Student Loans
Funny how whenever government offers help to low- and middle-income folks it’s pouring gas on the inflationary fire, but when the 1% demands another tax break or the Saudis want cluster bombs to murder Yemenis, it’s like are you sure you don’t want another trillion or two?
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
As to the challenges and bans taking place around the country as organized groups of reactionaries pretending to be parents disrupt school board meetings over “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” claiming it’s pornographic: no, it is anything but.
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.
Say What?
We’re excited about the new federal ruling authorizing non-prescription over-the-counter hearing aid sales
Monday Bag o’ Cheesy Salutations
Made breakfast for my beloved this morning — scrambled eggs with scallions and linguica, sliced honeydew melon and an English muffin on the side.
New Reality Update II
There’s a problem (maybe not a big one, but still) and the meds are working to keep it under control. I can live with that … metaphorically and literally.
Not Air-Minded But Adjacent: My Mar-a-Lago(s)
Oh, you want the piggy dirties? Happy to oblige, so long as you understand why I still have to be vague about certain details.