Not librarians. Not drag queens. #Bookbanning and #censorship are politically motivated attacks on marginalized communities. It was never about protecting children. #saveourlibraries #notadragqueen #Louisiana

My friends are pretty awesome. @la-cac.org

Faculty punished. Students arrested. #Freedom silenced. Louisiana’s #universities are in crisis — and we’re calling for action. Read our report: www.la-cac.org/threats-to-academic-freedom #AcademicFreedom #Louisiana #NoCensorship @penamerica.bsky.social

TAKE MY DAMN MONEY. "Pre-orders for the $25 product end on October 15, and it will allegedly never be reprinted. All profits will be donated to the American Library Association "to fight censorship.""

An informed electorate is EVERYTHING in a functioning #democracy. Banned Books Week is a great time to pay special attention to the ways in which #censorship is growing in #America. It's not just #libraries anymore.

Our #libraries are under attack. This #BannedBooksWeek2025 we’re sharing daily actions to #ProtectLibraries & #SaveOurDemocracy. Today's focus: RESOURCES—FAQs, toolkits & orgs to help you fight back. www.la-cac.org/resources @librarianjones.com @uabookbans.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social

Congratulations to my friend @librarianjones.com who has endured so much because she decided to stand up.

Very excited to announce the release of my poetry chapbook, There Is No Why: New Fairy Tales from Dancing Girl Press. Support the vital work of small, independent presses and get your copy! (It would also make me very happy.) #dancinggirlpress #poetryofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetry

One day there will be an accounting. For all of this. "When universities permit political or financial interests to muzzle scholars, they betray their core mission: the free pursuit of knowledge. Academic freedom is not a luxury — it is the very bedrock of institutional integrity."

🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

🚨FINDINGS FROM MY REPORTING🚨 CFNL is like a lot of Christian Nationalist groups, in that they seem homegrown, but really, they aren't. The founders of this group are connected. One prominent connection is Louisiana US House Rep Clay Higgins. He wants publicly funded church libraries. 🧵

Fuck it I'm shooting my shot: If my journalism, tiktok video essays, festival and university panel talks, solo events, role as president/ board member of @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social etc. has impacted you in a positive way, maybe nominate me for NOLA 40 under 40.🤷‍♂️ www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION 🚨 “Soft targets” That’s how CFNL refers to institutions like library boards, because they are easy to takeover. And that’s what they’ve tried to do, and they’ve tried to do it quietly. So I’ve spent the last year investigating them. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/citi...

They died fighting fascism. All you have to do is speak up against it. #DDay81

He has a name folks. Be sure to push the America Party to all the MAGAs on Team Elon.

Even if you **think** you know what's behind the attacks on #libraries in #Louisiana, read this report. It's all here - the connections, the influence peddling, the bullying of #librarians - with receipts. This wasn't genuine concern about book content; it was a coordinated, professional campaign.

Want to do something? Fill out our form EVERY DAY and let your #louisiana legislators know we DO NOT want to see our #libraries' funding slashed. actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...

NOT A DRAG QUEEN

Love this. And good point!

Last night I got to meet one of my heroes! So thankful for the opportunity to welcome @robertmannbooks.com to our community & hear his thoughts on free speech and the importance of speaking out. Huge thanks to UL GLASS for partnering with us & to Dr. Philip Auter for leading an amazing discussion.

Last month I spoke with the Southern Poverty Law Center about book bans across our state & their direct impact on my community. Democracy begins with the freedom of expression; if you want to protect the Constitution, start there. These attacks are not random.

Louisiana will likely torture & kill Jessie Hoffman today. That he had an all-white jury deserves far more attention. The death penalty here is fueled by racism. No white person has been executed in Louisiana for a crime against a Black victim since 1752. robertmann.substack.com/p/a-killing-...

“I never thought the leopards would eat MY face,” says the man who gave the leopards absolute immunity from criminal prosecution.

Happy to see justice done for one of #lafayettela's #library advocates, though it's ridiculous he's had to live under the shadow of this unlawful arrest for three years. And yes, Robert Judge remains on the board. www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new...

It’s difficult to overstate the misogyny driving this administration. Histories of sexual assault among the staff are a feature not a bug for a reason.

This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.

look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls

Congressional Democrats should remember that their base will absolutely hold them accountable for their inaction right now, while the slim slice of voters who actually care about “reaching across the aisle” won’t pay attention to the news until October 2026 at the earliest

It’s now the official policy of the US government to wage a trade war against Canada until it can be annexed www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/02/its-...

Short 🧵: We're all on here freaking the fuck out about the active & ongoing takeover of our government, and yeah, I get it, this is way worse than even WE thought it would be.

Last week the Montgomery County (TX) Commissioners Court voted to place an elected county judge - Mark Keough- in charge of the public library system. Keough immediately terminated the Library Director Rhea Young. www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...

🧵: I count myself among those frustrated with congressional Democrats’ inaction, but not because they aren’t using their parliamentary tools. Those tools have limited value. Using them without effect may only reinforce their official powerlessness. 1/10

Want to do a good deed today? Shop your local independent bookstore today! Thank you @chbbookstore.bsky.social for the cool swag, cool selection, and amazing customer service!

I'll admit I didn't have "Park Rangers leading the resistance" on my 2025 bingo card, but I'm 100% here for it. If you aren't following this account, you should be.

Yes. I see this every day.

Local far-right take an L in Louisiana, after the entirety of a extremist-led library board was fired! The parish council was tired of the controversy, so canned ‘em. There wouldn’t be a “controversy” if local folks weren’t showing up and raising hell over their book ban attempts! (Short 🧵 )

As an advocate for #libraries and a defender of #books, I can tell you this work is hard. There are days when I question what the hell I'm doing; when I'm staring down the windmill & my work seems pointless. Then I remember what's at stake.🧵

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

This is obscene.

Color me surprised - Landry and the legislature gave corporations big tax cuts and passed that burden along to us. When are people going to wake up and realize Republicans are lying when they say they will cut our taxes?? This is nothing but a shell game, and we lose every time.

Gov. Jeff Landry will tell you he hasn't raised taxes. That's not true.

Ate lunch today while listening to @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social talk about libraries on an episode of @ouropinions.bsky.social, then chat with @kyliu99.bsky.social about translation. An aural feast as tasty as what was on my plate! www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...

It's so weird that in the end Twitter became state media

I started a new short story today, the first in at least a couple of years. It felt...really good to be back at the work I love. I've missed it terribly.

I'm so tired of our council allowing these people to run our library.

"Instead of destroying such precious community resources, we should be protecting them with legislation that ensures the freedom to read for all." Thanks to The Advocate for publishing my letter! www.nola.com/letters-loui...

this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer