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@readswithrachel.bsky.social @fortullos.bsky.social Please help with this. Would be great to see videos from y'all to spread the word.

Under state threats, Hillsborough pulls transgender YouTuber’s memoir After a social media squabble, Florida’s education commissioner announced the county had removed the book from school shelves.

Please, I beg you to pay attention. They don't need the miller test, they don't need book challenges. They are banning books via twitter now. The goalposts have shifted and they are unphased by the ruling as the commissioner just tweets which books to remove where.
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Jodi Picoult saying "okay florida i see you" but not talking about the fact that the FL BOE can just tweet at superintendents to tell them to ban her books now, the way they just did to my superintendent about Trans Mission by Alex Bertie is telling me that no one is actually seeing Florida at all.

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Anastasios Kamoutsas on X: ".@HillsboroughSch continues to expose students to inappropriate content in their media centers, even after the State Board of Education addressed the issue. @VanAyresHCPS I expect this to be remedied immediately or you can expect another invite to our next meeting. https://t.co/HWjUsz791d" / X .@HillsboroughSch continues to expose students to inappropriate content in their media centers, even after the State Board of Education addressed the issue. @VanAyresHCPS I expect this to be remedied immediately or you can expect another invite to our next meeting. https://t.co/HWjUsz791d

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feel free to tell him he's advocating to violate both HCPS book removal process AND the equality FL settlement

How about all of you actually listen to the vast majority of HCPS parents like myself who have reiterated time and time and time again WE DONT WANT YOU PULLING BOOKS OFF THE SHELVES AND VIOLATING HCPS PROCESS. Fuck you.

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel ONYX STORM | A DEEP DIVE | Pt 2

Get in, we're deep diving into onyx storm youtu.be/rTIRc62RFYs

They gave NO defense for why they voted this way and the attorney from Pasco County attorney's office shut down a patrons request to understand the collection double standard of why this book must be in the adult section but Amelia Bedelia's First Vote can stay in the children's section.

Pasco county library system voted unanimously to keep Jacob's Missing Book by Ian Hoffman and Sarah Hoffman in the ADULT NON FICTION section today rather than move it to the children's section where it belongs. The meeting was ridiculous and disgusting.

The Commissioner posted this “proof” without evidence that it was from a student profile within a FL school district’s account.

These are reading lists from a public library’s account without access to read the books in app.

Each account can develop unique reading challenges for their users.

"They're not banning books they're removing explicit books from public schools" then whats this? Bc the public libraries in Hernando county are being changed by a small group who want to remove what they don't like, calling it "woke". That's not about public schools OR explicit content. #bookbans

Moms for liberty keeps telling me this book isn't appropriate for public schools so I read it myself to be an informed parent. Now I have things to say about it. Wanna see my thoughts on Felix Ever After early? Join the free tier of my Bindery readswithrachel.binderybooks.com

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel PUSHIN' CUSHIONS is a RIDE

For another birthday gift, please watch my new video where a guy (who might maybe resemble a real life politician maybe if you squint...) boinks a couch.
youtu.be/kiBOzURnZRA

Bindery Books Welcome! I'm Rachel and I'm a bookish content creator o...

Yesterday was my birthday!!!! 🎉 🎂
I'd love if y'all could do these two things for me, as a gift. 1) I would love if you’d all join my Bindery (it’s free) readswithrachel.binderybooks.com
And 2) please support your public library.

Tomorrow is my birthday and as a gift to me, on my birthday, please support your public library.

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel THE PAWN AND THE PUPPET, IDENTICAL, & PIECES OF ME | DID rep in books

Oh and discussing The Pawn and The Puppet, Identical, and Pieces of Me with Em! youtu.be/KKmJXOzguTg

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel SILVER ELITE is a BAD DYSTOPIAN BOOK

Silver Elite is a bad dystopian book.
youtu.be/ROaW9NPoIlc

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel THE WORST PRO CHOICE BOOK I ever read

THE WORST PRO CHOICE BOOK I'VE EVER READ.
youtu.be/wXj2xwBulf8

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel Maybe there's ENOUGH BEAUTY & THE BEAST RETELLINGS

THE BEAST is ALL BEAST NO BEAUTY.
youtu.be/WuiBI6WnYkA

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel SCALDING HIS WHAT? Yelling about GUARDING TEMPTATION

Scalding his WHAT? Yelling about Guarding Temptation. youtu.be/DZzRXnEGrik

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel HEATHERS, SAPPHICS, and MURDER | FT Piper L. White

Heathers, sapphics, and murder. FEATURING: Piper L White. youtu.be/SZYqIAKRN6s

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel Expected romance, got trauma | SOMEDAY SOMEDAY REVIEW

Expected romance, got trauma.
youtu.be/ihyXuk9ScZM

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel The HATRED of NEGATIVE REVIEWS

The hatred of negative reviews. youtu.be/tBmxOe9HguY

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel IS MOMS 4 LIBERTY RIGHT ABOUT ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM?

IS MOMS 4 LIBERTY RIGHT ABOUT ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM? youtu.be/TH3hM4RDeVU

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel I grabbed BULL MOON RISING by the HORNS

I have forgotten to post here about my recent videos so here's a thread:
I grabbed BULL MOON RISING by the horns. youtu.be/yuw4W8XhF3c

olaaaa! Sim, eu falo portuguese... nao muito bem kkkkkk aprendendo muito devagar but I am learning!

YouTube video by Reads with Rachel BOOKTOKS FYRE FEST | A Million Li(v)es

I did a video explaining all that happened with the now infamous A Million Lives book festival.
youtu.be/I2nVeYdzQDU

RYAN OH MY GOD YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO MURDER THEM LIKE THIS HAHAHAHA

This year Im reading with purpose thanks to @readswithrachel.bsky.social bookclub…

Banned books are often amplify marginalized voices & question harmful systems.

In a time when books—especially those by marginalized authors—are being banned more than ever, reading them is an act of resistance.