That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

by Amanda Jones

The buzzards wanted to circle my dead carcass and make sure I was ruined, all for the crime of speaking out against censorship at my public library.

One of my biggest frustrations is that the same people who are so hyperfixated on our libraries will allow their own children unfettered access to phones, tablets, and devices where actual pornography is just a click away. If you point that out to them, they don’t deny it. They’ll just scream all the louder about taxes and libraries. I know very few parents who have parental filters on their children’s devices or monitor their usage.