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Leila Green Little

@ifightforbooks.bsky.social

Library and 1A advocate in Llano, Texas Censorship is bad. MLS/MS Little v. Llano press: https://padlet.com/lalubean/leila-green-little-et-al-v-llano-county-et-al-pskk6asn9z4cu9xz

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Leila Green Little@ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 8h ago

While you’re in there voting, you may also just hop over and vote for @thenextgenlib.bsky.social and my proposal, too. 😘 participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx... @txfreedomread.bsky.social also has a panel up too!

PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals

PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.

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Carolyn Foote@technolibrary.bsky.social · 9h ago

Fellow educators, humbly asking for your vote for my @SXSWEdu workshop on how to combat self - censorship and find yourself more supported. Click here (you may have to sign in to vote?). participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

Martha Hickson@sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mr. Snicket speaks: “The trouble is, we wouldn't all agree on which parts of which books fit this definition [of offensive] … For this reason, the best way is the American way – to allow all sorts of books … so that everyone might have the freedom to decide for themselves.”

Book bans in Tennessee won’t stop readers or ideas | Opinion

Lemony Snicket slams Tennessee officials for removing books from libraries and limiting freedom of expression.

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Leila Green Little@ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 3w ago

McCarthyism has always been the biggest parallel to our current era of book banning. But now the judiciary, state leges, the executive branch, local governments, and our Congress appear ready to hold pitchforks this time. Call. Write. Vote. Repeat. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Modern Day McCarthyists: The Fight Against Book Bans in Llano County

The Texas county, with a population about 3,000, has become an epicenter in the fight against book banning. Leila Green Little explains the echoes of history are playing out in rural Texas—and in comm...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

McCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerous | Judith Levine

Leila Green Little@ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 3w ago

Damn it. I’m so thankful for the amazing librarians in Arkansas, like Nate and Adam and @neonimpossible.bsky.social who are fighting censorship laws like 372. These bad circuit court rulings hurt. I’m hoping we’ll see a cert petition on this one.

Arkansas Right to Read@arrighttoread.bsky.social · 3w ago

We've been quiet for a while, as things were in a holding pattern in the state. Unfortunately, today that ended. Librarians in Arkansas are now beholden to Act 372, one of the worst library laws to ever hit the books. To read today's ruling: www.nwahomepage.com/news/state-n...

Leila Green Little@ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s not a good sign when a renowned con law professor and author calls your civil case “a bad news counterexample.” 🤦‍♀️😫 Great write up by @tmksyracuse.bsky.social

Screenshot from tom keck’s blogpost
Thomas M. Keck@tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 3w ago

My new post focuses on 2 library book removal cases, one from the Reagan era, the other from last year. Read together, they signal significant erosion of civil libertarian guardrails in the context of Trump-era democratic backsliding tomkeck.beehiiv.com/p/pico-and-l...

Martha Hickson@sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Together, [Pico & Llano] reveal significant erosion of 1st Amendment guardrails against suppression of dissent … Autocratic governments worldwide have cracked down on the self-expression of relatively powerless minority groups, and the failure of independent courts to push back is an alarm bell. “

Thomas M. Keck@tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 3w ago

My new post focuses on 2 library book removal cases, one from the Reagan era, the other from last year. Read together, they signal significant erosion of civil libertarian guardrails in the context of Trump-era democratic backsliding tomkeck.beehiiv.com/p/pico-and-l...

@ffrf.org · 3w ago

Letting students choose to read a book with an LGBTQ character is supposedly "indoctrination" that must be banned. Forcing the Ten Commandments into classrooms and Bible verses into public school curriculum? Apparently that's just "education." www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/demoted-an...

Demoted and Doxed: What Happened When a Texas Librarian Fought to Keep LGBTQ Books on Her Shelves

Since 2021, there have been efforts across the U.S. to ban books about marginalized groups from libraries and schools. Amanda Hunt refused to stay silent.

unclosetedmedia.com

Leila Green Little@ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

I love these people. Thank you @librarypolicy.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and all of you working so hard here. You’re my heroes! 🙌

ALA Public Policy & Advocacy@librarypolicy.bsky.social · 4w ago

ALA staff were proud to join colleagues across libraries, publishing, and education this week on the Hill to remind our elected officials of the importance of the right to read! Thank you to everyone who made their voices heard in Congress - and to everyone who made this possible!

Library and intellectual freedom advocates - from publishing, libraries, and education - standing together on a rooftop with the Capitol dome in the background.
Publishers Weekly@publisherswkly.bsky.social · 4w ago

The equivalent of U.S. House Bill 7661, Senate Bill 4925 seeks to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit funding for school books and other resources said to contain “sexually oriented material.”

National Book Ban Bill Introduced in Senate Committee

The equivalent of House Bill 7661, Senate Bill 4925 seeks to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit funding for school books and other resources said to contain “sexually...

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Leila Green Little@ifightforbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

Fantastic interview, y’all! 🫶 This is all too familiar and I’m so glad you can speak up about it, @thenextgenlib.bsky.social

Frank Strong@frankstrong.bsky.social · last mo.

You won't want to miss my interview with librarian Amanda Hunt (@thenextgenlib.bsky.social), formerly of New Braunfels ISD, home to one of the biggest acts of censorship we've seen at @txfreedomread.bsky.social. Amanda had a lot to say! franklinstrong.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

Leila Green Little@ifightforbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

Reminder that Comstock was used to enforce book censorship. Gee, I wonder if they intend to do that again? Write. Call. Vote. Repeat. NO to Blanche and all 4 book censorship bills making their way in Congress (H2616, S4925, H8705, H7661). recordsofrights.org/events/45/the-comstock-act

The Comstock Act, 1873 | Records of Rights

Among the many items banned from the mails by the 1873 Comstock law were books on anatomy, works by D. H. Lawrence, information about contraception, and photographs of boxing matches. Anthony Comstock, a self-appointed guardian of public morality, boasted that in his lifetime he seized 150 tons of books, made 4,000 arrests, and drove 15 people to suicide. Anthony Comstock successfully lobbied Congress for stricter obscenity laws, and secured an appointment as a special agent to the United States Postal Service with broad powers to police the mails. The law did not define obscenity—Comstock did. He often barred jurors from seeing the item in question, saying that it was too vile to show them.

recordsofrights.org

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Ted Cruz is the latest of a string of Republican senators to push an agreeing Blanche to ban the mailing of mifepristone. They're coming for abortion pills next.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨🚨🚨 Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee. bookriot.com/senate-bill-...

Republican Senators Introduce Nationwide Book Ban Companion Bill, S. 4925

Republican Senators have introduced a nationwide book ban bill in the Senate, S. 4925 and it's a warning of their summer plans.

bookriot.com