I may have to try to get my library to be pre-emptive on this. Being in Illinois we probably won’t have any serious challenges anytime soon, but why wait? (My nesting partner is head of the collection management department. She says they’ve had maybe three actual formal challenges in the 25 years she’s been here, but then again Waukegan is rather famous for being the childhood home of Ray “Fahrenheit 451” Bradbury.
Book challenge, huh? Say, while you’re telling me about that, why don’t we take a walk over here past some of our displays about that …
From the article …
“We are not trying to be a push back — a force pushing back against these decisions — we want to be an alternative to say, if you may not be able to get it there… you can get it here,” said Brown.
I respect the option to simply supply an alternative, but I still say fuck that. I am actively trying to push back against book banners and to push back against those decisions.
