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Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban (www.theguardian.com)
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"State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school, classroom and library"

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”.

So, not only will we curtail freedom in a very nazi way, but we have to take a wash on the money spent and contribute to needless waste. Awesome! Let's do that!