We are informed by the New York Times and CNN that Governor Ron DeSantis has banned books that promote the 2SLGBTQQIA+ lifestyle. Here’s a photo taken this Pride at the local branch of the Palm Beach County Library system:
A couple of close-ups:
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A potentially disturbing twist on Love is Love… the Pride books are right next to books regarding human-animal love:
Separately, I found what looks like it might be a great book celebrating women in aviation:
(about Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg)
Is Hanna Reitsch your favorite Nazi?
TS: every day is a great day to celebrate women in aviation and no celebration is complete without reference to Flugkapitän Reitsch and her achievements.
Oh you 100% need to slip that into a feminist books display sometime.
Guess Hitler is the new savior of Palestine. We expect a blog review.
So is the current situation really Russia’s fault?
I can’t help being reminded of the Modern Family episode Two Monkeys and a Panda where the gay dads, having created the eponymous story for their Vietnamese adopted daughter, think they have invented a new line of best-sellers, only to be disabused when they check out the gay parenting section in the bookshop and find that no conceivable queer parent and child combo is without a book.
That was almost 15 years ago.