three topics sexuality or gender, sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual an physical violence. removing books that deal wit these three are real topic sent a clear message to reader that those groups matter less, those experiences should b explored, less they certainl should not be discussed in costumes parents have stood at they have made his books entirely out of conference and these so-called activist typically do not read th books. in their entirety. instead require on list of hundreds of titles - from conservative lawmakers, guests, or organized conservative pressure groups these plants are not actin alone, or many would have you concerne parents. preserving in the, since gettinga backwards, robbin their children, and disservice picking up a copy of the books speak, could help a woma recovering from sexual assault on her voice reading her martin could help bird of racism feel a little less alone what erased could help a student with their own
grown into something larger an more fruitful than we uppe match and. the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting a removal of so many important books from libraries and school curricula across th country. according to p.e.n. america, and nonprofit organization the champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2021 to june 2022, there were 2532 instances of individual books been banned that s a shocking number what the figure doesn t make clear is the types of book that have been fans. as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature, or feature for you, with author from margaret atwood to a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted boo shared at least one of the sam three topics sexuality or gender, and sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual and physica violence we re moving books that deal with these three very real topics sends a clear message t readers that those
meeting of the velshi banned book club. let s get started. as we started this project, on bestseller a margin ever banned book club from ohio t florida. all boys are blue, from join johnson. this was the first - written as a number of essays, all boys aren t blue is poignant coming of age story that follows johnson fro childhood to young adults died as they grapple with their identity and agency, as a black, non-binary person. all boys aren t blue touches o a breath of critical issues, including institutionalized an racialized violence, sexua abuse, and gender identity exactly the themes that we v seen band again and again an again. one of the most interestin things about featuring all boy aren t blue was the reaction w got from you, a book clu members. many cisgendered and white velshi viewers wrote as with emotional response is that t finishing their copy, provin just how worthwhile this kin
how did this woman get to be this way as the question that s a challenge to society. how does someone get to be tha way? at the end, when the question, the story, the phrase this repeated, it was not a story t pass on. well how did we avoid passin this on? our thanks to dr. - eddy by the way, who helped me start this whole thing it was a conversation with eddie that was part of the genesis of the velshi banned book club. thanks daddy and dr. amani perry, both the princeto university 11 of us and make new year resolutions this time a year if you are supposed to rea more, we ve got you covered. we re looking forward to man more minutes of the velshi banned book club in 2023 more important literar analysis, more thought-provoking conversation with authors, and more resistance against book bannin as a whole in order to do that, we need your help. our velshi banned book clu members, tell us which band or targeted book you like t discuss and why. we re all ears email the show at my story a
platform to highlight instance of censorship, it is a form of resistance reading as resistance. we are going to keep opening these books, and we are goin to keep discussing them. this is the very first year an meeting of the velshi banned book club. so let s get started as we started this project, on bestseller emerged on almost every single banned book clu from ohio to florida, all boys are not blue by georgia an johnson. it wasn t easy an obviou choice for our first feature it is a features of essays wit a coming of age story that follows johnson from childhood to young adulthood, as the grapple with their identity an agency as a black nonbinar person all boys aren t blue touches o critical issues includin institutionalized an racialized violence, sexual, abuse and gender identity, exactly the themes that we hav seen and again and again and again. one of the most interestin things about featuring all boy aren t blue is the reaction we got from you, our book clu