Book bans have become a contentious issue across the United States, and Cobb County is no exception. In March 2023, Katie Rinderle, an elementary school teacher in Cobb County, read “My Shadow is Purple,” a children’s book about acceptance and challenging gender norms, to her fifth-grade class. This led to her being placed on administrative… Read on
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The online group BookTok began as a safe environment for people of all ages to take and give book recommendations to each other, but it slowly grew into a much more controversial community. When asked about BookTok, Bella M., a teen who’s often on TikTok, describes it as “an online community of people who read… Read on
“Bro, postmodern literature is so weird.” This is an observation that actually came out of my mouth at some point. I was on a call with a friend and had begun ranting about a book I just finished. “Everything about it just screamed postmodern,” I said. That’s when I ended up adding my comment about… Read on
