banning books and the far right 🐘 some favorite banned books

in which i confess i used to put religious tracts in harry potter books 😅 some insight into the funding and organization behind the religious far right, the disturbing trends behind book banning in the last decade, and what liberals don't understand about the far right, the tea party, and conservatives in general. plus, a couple of my favorite banned books! participate in the read banned books 2022 tag wherever you'd like :)

thanks to ‪@BookishTexan‬ for reviving this tag, his video:
   • Saturday Hodgepodge # 127: #ReadBannedBook...  

ukraine and trans youth:
www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-…
www.greenmatters.com/p/texas-transgender-news-help…

C H A P T E R S
00:00 tag intro
00:16 my history with book banning
02:43 trends in what is getting banned
03:53 liberals don't understand the far right
04:53 don't underestimate them
06:03 the billionaires back them
10:14 also don't overestimate them
13:49 let's talk books finally
14:11 i know why the caged bird sings
15:02 the glass castle
15:55 the miseducation of cameron post
17:36 closing

L I N K S
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references:

HP Book Burning: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/04/book-burni…
ALA Stats and Graphics: www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/
Education Stats: www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/06/02/in-changin…
Parents Defending Education Graphics: www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/parents-defendin…
Parents Defending Education Graphics: www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/cato-institute/
Questioning the "grassroots"ness 1: www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/groups-i…
Questioning the "grassroots"ness 2: www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2021/04/12/koch-connecti…
Parents Defending Education article: defendinged.org/resources/following-the-books-how-…
Miseducation of Cameron Post banning: www.diversityinya.com/2014/07/the-miseducation-of-…
www.huffpost.com/entry/my-letter-to-the-members-_b…
ncac.org/incident/miseducation-of-cameron-post-rem…
Megan Phelps-Roper: www.ted.com/talks/megan_phelps_roper_i_grew_up_in_…

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