Texas book banning efforts are inspiring readers to form banned book clubs


Showbiz | 193438 hits | Apr 15 3:43 pm | Posted by: Strutz
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Several banned book clubs that have formed in Texas in response to a growing push from the right to control what titles young people have access to. And it points to an ironic effect: The more certain books are singled out, the more people want to read th

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  1. by avatar Strutz
    Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:46 pm
    Reading this article prompted me to look up lists of books banned not just in Texas but in the USA in general. Funny thing is not only have I read some of them but also still have a few of them.

  2. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:10 pm
    You radical you!

  3. by Thanos
    Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:22 pm
    Won't work. The kids are too busy staring at Instagram and TikTok on their tiny addictive hand-held screens to ever do something as extreme as reading an actual book. :|

  4. by avatar xerxes
    Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:54 pm
    Don�t be so sure. Making something verboten will always make kids seek out what is being hidden from them.



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