#FReadom, anti-censorship Twitter campaign created by Texas librarians
Judy Blume & The Battle Against Book Censorship
New Battles Against Censorship
Judy Blume’s efforts to counter conservative movements have influenced others to participate in the debate against censorship as well.
"I don't think that little children should be shocked or disgusted by our identities and by the books", "Texas Students Push Back On School Book Ban:‘Stop The Censorship’", MSNBC, Youtube
Because Blume inspired authors to write freely, books expressing ideas such as puberty, and sexuality allowed the youth to recognize themselves in an increasing selection of books and realize how important representation in media was to them.
"How Children Fought a Book Ban and Won, For Now" Dan Rainville, York Daily Record
"Student activists overturn book ban in Pennsylvania school district", PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, Youtube
A compilation of books with reasons written on them of why they were censored as part of the #FReadom project,
"I might inspire terrorism", "moral sewage", "I contain spells and witchcraft", "I contain LGBTQ themes, sex, drugs, alcohol and profanity" "completely sick garbage" "I am obscene, blasphemous, foul and filthy"
Mr. Newberger
Excerpt from The Perks of Being A Wallflower, "A passage from Stephen Chbosky's 1999 novel that Eastlake High School parents are describing as 'pornographic'", Daily Mail
Video made by students Madeline Griffin and Maddie Howard to unban Stephen Chbosky's Perks of Being A Wallflower after it was taken out of their school
Excerpt from The Perks of Being a Wallflower, "The 1999 book freely covers the drug use, alcohol consumption and sex life of high school-aged characters", Daily Mail
Children who stood up for books were able to fight for their identities as well as enhance their view on the world through debating against censorship.
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