In case you missed it, here's a great post talking about Stephen King's comment on banned books. This post goes over the many reasons why his solution - just get the book somewhere else - is an extremely privileged view:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/11/11/the-white-privilege-of-stephen-king/
Many great lines, including this one: "You cannot go looking for what you don’t know exists."
Well worth reading!
#BookBans #BannedBooks #Books #Bookstodon
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