Judy Blume says the current spate of book banning is the worst she's seen
in academic settings before sixth grade. The bill also aims to streamline and simplify the process of censoring and banning books.” and politicians who have been leading the charge of book banning under the guise of protecting America’s children, Blume has one primary question: “Protect them from what?”
She continues: “Protect [kids] from talking about things? Protect them from knowing about things? Because even if they don’t let them read books, their bodies are still going to change and their feelings about their bodies are going to change. And you can’t control that. They have to be able to read, to question.”
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