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In the battle over books, who gets to decide what's age-appropriate at libraries? (www.npr.org)

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Interesting article from NPR.

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[–] ragnarok62@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The question that never seems to get asked in any of this “censorship/ban” conversation: Why are authors of YA and child books writing books with such controversial content? Should they? And why are the publishers encouraging them?

This never used to be a problem because both authors and publishers just knew better than to “go there.” Now, it’s like a race to go there. Whatever restraint existed has been blown up, and it has left parents scrambling to hold back the flood when the authors and publishers used be the gatekeepers.

[–] D3athRider@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

By "controversial content", do you mean the existence of queer and trans people in the world and an inclusive narrative?

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