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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 16:19:44 JST Aral Balkan

   “It is my political and human opinion that children should not be slaughtered and that German cultural institutions should know better when it comes to genocide.”

   –Lana Bastašić

   https://lithub.com/read-novelist-lana-bastasics-blazing-response-to-yet-another-act-of-literary-censorship/

   #israel #palestine #gaza #genocide #censorship

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 06:06:11 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Vjosa Musliu
     • hackbyte (friendica)

     @hackbyte @VjosaMusliu Yes, dear.

   • hackbyte (friendica) (hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 06:06:21 JST hackbyte (friendica)

     in reply to

     • Vjosa Musliu

     @aral @VjosaMusliu wtf?

     First and foremost, Austria is NOT Germany. Not even remotely.

     And second, "literary censorship"?

     She cut ties with a publisher, because the publisher didn't want to say things she wanted them to say..

     That's fair and completely okay.

     Literaturfest Salzburg and Literaturhaus NÖ made a decision to cancel her. That's uncool nonetheless... But it's not censorship.

     I don't know about further circumstances ... but saying that this is "censorship" is massively bullshit.

     She seems to be in the right to have her opinion and i even agree with the headline citation from her..

     But the fu?