Hi! Does anybody know of any online book clubs for banned books?

Or does anybody wanna…start one?

I’m looking a comfy group to join that doesn’t cost money or conflict with my busy schedule of being sick all the time.

(if this isn’t the right community to post this is, let me know)

  • zepheriths@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The issue is that different places ban different books. To Kill A Mockingbird is considered a banned book but I read it as a part of English class in highschool.

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      10 months ago

      Good point. “Banned” here is really shorthand for “queer and non-white and non-west-centric and non-abled and non-capitalist perspectives”. I’m feeling eaten alive emotionally by the censorship of the american christian right and looking for a constructive way to counter those feelings.

  • gabe [he/him]@literature.cafeM
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    10 months ago

    Oh no it’s the right place! I know some online, I wouldn’t mind turning this into a more place to talk about reading specific banned books and posting a monthly banned book for discussion if there’s any interest in that kinda thing.