Never thought I’d live in a time where I was worried if I’ll be able to get certain books

This is madness. It’s a few warning labels on movies and discontinuation of children’s books now but this is clearly spreading. It’s one thing to say we won’t make new content the way we made old content (which is perfectly acceptable and a part of the growth and development of art) but to start to limit availability of books and put content warnings on things is straight up scary.

I’m thinking about our teachers taking us to the library frequently when I was in school to pick out new books or have a talk with an author and how safe it felt. It really felt like everyone there was concerned with making as many books as possible accessible to the kids. No matter the content. It was a place of exploration and joy. Now we have mainstream people in America arguing that this is a good thing. It shouldn’t even be a conversation. The banning and censoring or art such as books and movies is so wrong. It’s universally used as a when describing horrors of the past as a warning sign for bad things to come (if they aren’t here already).

I hope I’m just being dramatic but I’ve never really thought I’d live in a place where I questioned in 5 to 10 years if I’d be able to get this book or that book.