Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban
www.theguardian.com
State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school, classroom and library

The list of banned books is here

Read em while you can

  • snow_bunny@lemmy.world
    93·
    6 months ago

    Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”.

    So, a book burning. Got it.

    • BakkodaEnglish
      12·
      6 months ago

      Sounds like those author’s free speech is being tread on.

      • Etterra@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 months ago

        For Republicans it only counts when it’s their own free speech. After all, their psychology is “I get to tell you what to do but you don’t get to tell me what to do.”

    • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      They love the original Nazi book burning. They destroyed decades of research into human sexuality, homosexuality, and transgenderism.