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Ashley Hope Pérez

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11 Oct

My fantasy parent book content complaint form:

Title:
Did you read it?
Description of the book (in your own words):
One positive theme in the book:
What conversations are possible because of book?
Your primary concern:
How do passages of concern relate to book as a whole?

@r_bittner

I think what is key is to frame parental concerns about book contents as the beginning of a conversation, not the end of one.

@r_bittner @AdvInCensorship @ncacensorship

@r_bittner

@r_bittner @AdvInCensorship @ncacensorship We can model how to contextualize passages that might seem objectionable; we can offer similar examples from "classic" texts; we can provide resources that help parents see the opportunity to talk to their kids about issues because of the book.

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Ashley Hope Pérez

@ashleyhopeperez

9 Oct

@andrewkarre

I appreciate so many folks offering solidarity & reading what @andrewkarre & @veronikellymars & others have to say about book bans. That, AND...

Teachers, librarians, principals, students, school board members: they are the ones most in the crosshairs of this awful moment.

Let's talk about the 20 (or more?) sane voices expressing gratitude for youth access to rich, relevant varied literature that it will take to match the impact and reach 1 hysterical adult's decontextualized claims about a novel in the school library.

If you don't know what's happening in your school board meetings, find out right now. This circus may be coming to a fairground near you--or maybe you're in the thick of it.

The folks attacking the literature in schools have a playbook, talking points, reservoirs of outrage.

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Ashley Hope Pérez

@ashleyhopeperez

8 Oct

https://twitter.com/r_bittner/status/1446593939130048518

yeah, right? Tons of bawdy humor and penis jokes and rape-y vibes and downright rape. I mean, I believe we can teach it all without harming kids, but I'm really sick of that stuff being held up as "educational". WTF, man.

https://twitter.com/r_bittner/status/1446593939130048518

Today, this week... in conversations about why books that are compelling to teens belong in libraries, there has been so much basic misunderstanding of what the hell literature is, what the hell education is. And the level of mistrust of teachers & librarians is staggering.

And then we're defending, again and again, the importance of rich, relevant, diverse youth literatures--the world-opening it offers to ALL young people--against the charge that this reading is unnecessary, profane, or low-quality.

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Ashley Hope Pérez

@ashleyhopeperez

23 Sep

Long thread here, in response to messages to the effect that my books are “disgusting”...

PS: This is the same content as in the previous thread, except now it's

(a) accessible

and

(b) less annoying because there's no clicking on images.

Learning, y'all!

As an author, former Texas HS English teacher, professor, mom, and human, I try hard to take seriously what folks say, even where I disagree.

I work to assume that, even under personal attacks, there is some wish for meaningful dialogue.

I am a Texan. I care about Texans, our kids, our histories, our future.

I understand the cultural climate, pressures, and perspectives that can prime folks to react to material that challenges their understanding of the past and what they’d like to believe about the present.

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