Notices by Laura Watson (canticanovae@mastodon.nl)

@ThePaulMcBride @aral
Thought this essay (along the same lines as your thoughts here) was really good (April 27 WaPo): https://wapo.st/42f0LJx

Powerfully documents how those ebooks provided to teens across the U.S. by BPL made a difference.

"While having access to one’s own history is important, it is as critical to connect with the present and with all of the possible futures. The removal of books is ultimately a tool designed to discourage young people from building a more just future. We must summon all of our power to ensure the necessary ingredients for imagining that future remain close at hand."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qp3b/i-helped-thousands-of-teens-impacted-by-book-bans-heres-what-they-had-to-say