silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoUtah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban | State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and librarywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: exmormon@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldbannedbooks@literature.cafeusnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1461arrow-down1external-linkUtah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban | State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and librarywww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: exmormon@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldbannedbooks@literature.cafeusnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-23 months agoIt’s about a girl and her friends discussing menstruation, and wishing they could menstruate, and being jealous of other girls who already menstruate, and praying to God that they menstruate soon. I can see where that would frighten pearl clutchers.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoRhetorical! Thanks for the answer reminding us how against women these fuckers are though!
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoTbf in not sure if.its against women or against bodily functions. I assume they’d probably have issues with a similar book about male puberty.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThe people banning it are against books about Menstruation…which women do…
It’s about a girl and her friends discussing menstruation, and wishing they could menstruate, and being jealous of other girls who already menstruate, and praying to God that they menstruate soon. I can see where that would frighten pearl clutchers.
Rhetorical! Thanks for the answer reminding us how against women these fuckers are though!
Tbf in not sure if.its against women or against bodily functions. I assume they’d probably have issues with a similar book about male puberty.
The people banning it are against books about Menstruation…which women do…