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Livingston librarian who opposed ban of LGBT books named on Time Magazine list of
Posted on 10/8/25 at 10:56 am
Posted on 10/8/25 at 10:56 am
Influential people
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Many should be banned from the kids section. Should not be banned from other sections of the library.
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LIVINGSTON — A Livingston Parish librarian who authored a book detailing her experience fighting against book banning has been named on a Time Magazine list of the most influential rising stars of the year. Amanda Jones was named as one of 100 people on the 2025 TIME100 Next list, published on Sept. 30. "Superman" actor David Corensweat, WNBA star Paige Bueckers, "Sinners" breakout star Miles Caton and Louisiana native country star Lainey Wilson joined Jones on the list. Paired with her listing was a brief essay by "Sex and the City" and "Hocus Pocus" star Sarah Jessica Parker.
"In 2021, Amanda Jones was recognized as a School Librarian of the Year by the School Library Journal for her work at a Louisiana middle school. The following year, speaking up against an attempt to ban LGBTQ+ books in her local library led to a storm of backlash," Parker wrote. "Through it all, Amanda has never wavered on her commitment to free speech and education."
Jones first garnered attention when she spoke out at a public meeting about book censorship, particularly literature about the LGBTQ+ community. Since then, she has received harassment and criticism, which she turned into her half-memoir, half-manifesto "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America" in 2024.
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Many should be banned from the kids section. Should not be banned from other sections of the library.
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Posted on 10/8/25 at 10:56 am to LSUTANGERINE
They have libraries in LP?
Posted on 10/8/25 at 11:14 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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They have libraries in LP?
People can read in LP?
Posted on 10/8/25 at 11:17 am to zadams_318
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People can read in LP?
Gotta be able to read chemical names to make meth without killing yourself.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 11:22 am to LSUTANGERINE
If she wouldn't defend Mein Kampf for children being in the childrens section. Then she needs to stfu. If you are going to support the 1st amendment. You need to defend all of it. Not just what you support. We have laws banning smut away from children. That is basically what these books are.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 11:26 am to LSUTANGERINE
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Through it all, Amanda has never wavered on her commitment to free speech and education."
Free speech? If the books were about The Protocols of the Elders of Zion free speech would quickly take a back seat.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 11:41 am to Penrod
The same people who allow LGBTQ books in libraries never had LGBTQ books in libraries when they were kids.
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 11:45 am
Posted on 10/8/25 at 11:52 am to Neutral Underground
What was her stance on Mein Kampf? Is it allowed in the children’s section? I don’t know the answer to either.
I agree with your sentiment on being consistent in support of free speech.
If books of religious teachings and the Bible are allowed in the children’s section, so should books on Satanism
I agree with your sentiment on being consistent in support of free speech.
If books of religious teachings and the Bible are allowed in the children’s section, so should books on Satanism
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 11:58 am
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:00 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Please show me one person that has been arrested for purchasing or possessing a banned book? I’ll wait
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:10 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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Jones first garnered attention when she spoke out at a public meeting about book censorship, particularly literature about the LGBTQ+ community.
Maybe people don't want their kids to be exposed to graphic depictions of homosexual relationships, or any sexual relationships.
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:15 pm to rockford177
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Please show me one person that has been arrested for purchasing or possessing a banned book? I’ll wait
Huh?
This is a Wendy’s
Sounds like you’re trying to argue that currently there are no books banned in any public library. Back up that claim. I’ll wait.
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:32 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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book banning
Keeping groomer porn out of the kids sections of libraries is not book banning.
Left wing Publishers buying Dr Seuss ip and refusing to ever publish it again is still not book banning but is a lot closer.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:35 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Good on her for cashing in on the Lefty Grift, I guess...
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:43 pm to LSUTANGERINE
She looks exactly how you’d expect. Chubby middle aged white woman with glasses
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:48 pm to Sweep Da Leg
Article on this issue
This link is not of the photos themselves. But, if you scroll about halfway down the article, there are links to the blurred images of this "kid's book" that was found on a lower shelf, in the kids section of the LP library. These images were shared on Facebook, and the person sharing them was banned for a month from Facebook.
Anyone that thinks a book with these images should be made available for a child to find browsing the library is a pedophile enabler, at best.
This link is not of the photos themselves. But, if you scroll about halfway down the article, there are links to the blurred images of this "kid's book" that was found on a lower shelf, in the kids section of the LP library. These images were shared on Facebook, and the person sharing them was banned for a month from Facebook.
Anyone that thinks a book with these images should be made available for a child to find browsing the library is a pedophile enabler, at best.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:48 pm to The Pirate King
Can't believe the parents are ok with her being Live Oak Middle's librarian. C'mon Ryan Hodges. Must be something you can do.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:51 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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Many should be banned from the kids section. Should not be banned from other sections of the library.
They shouldnt be banned
They just shouldnt be put on huge displays pushing them to kids
Posted on 10/8/25 at 1:29 pm to Cosmo
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They shouldnt be banned
They aren't banned.
A library can't hold every book known to man , choices have to be made. Communities decided they can't trust groomer librarians to make those choices and had to implement guide rails.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 1:38 pm to zadams_318
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People can read in LP?
Picture books bruh
Posted on 10/8/25 at 1:40 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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If books of religious teachings and the Bible are allowed in the children’s section,
At a school library? Fat chance.
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so should books on Satanism
Under her “leadership,” I have no doubt that they are.
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