Oh wait

That included slavery, and people flipped their shit before the book even released because she was... appropriating black American experiences

yes this sounds familiar. I used to work in the YA section of a public library, and I recall hearing news about this

(with slavery, even though they've never experienced slavery themselves but w/e)

Yeah, it was pretty lulworthy on its own but scary for a would-be author

Also there's the implication that only black Americans have a history of slavery

It's funny, b/c those are the same complainers that come to the aid of authors who write books about LGBTQ issues when they're challenged by members of the community who don't want those books in the library or whatever

I dealt with book bans/challenges a lot back then

But yeah, she got bullied into pulling her book for essentially nothing... that's part of why I only write under pseudonyms

Yeah? I hadn't thought of that one but you're right

We had religious fundies coming in and complaining about John Green books and shit, and then blue-haired land whales complaining about right-wing political books and shit.

🤣

What's wrong with John Green? I've never read his stuff

Some of his characters are gay and the books feature some sexual content.

Might as well close the libraries.

Ahhh

@Katie_May The tea party tried to do this in my state via a lawsuit over taxation. They did not win.

I'm wondering where all this is gonna go

We really should be burning books that promote sodomy tho...

Maybe eventually it'll explode and people will realize how stupid this all is, but I'm not optimistic

Well everyone enjoys a good bonfire....

🔥

At least here in the Midwest we do

If it doesn’t stop....reich wins

I could think of worse things

I win either way, tbh.

Reichsführer Kevin

^

https://archives.library.illinois.edu/ala/out-of-the-closet-onto-the-shelves/

Would anyone like to guess who started the trend of gay books in public libraries?

I would.

lay it on me

(not literally)

What would you pay for this house?

Someone with a "stein" or "berg" in their name?

below the market price

@Unironic Ohio Supremecist WRONG

Israel David Fishman

Are we talking a group of people or like an actual name of someone?

Kek.