In a local paper they had an article about how at a high school graduation one of the ladies graduating handed the superintendent a book that was on the “banned list”. I was glad to see so many in the comments point out that if she was able to get the book then it isn’t banned.
Pointing this out to people is as useless as trying to debunk the police shooting narrative to a true believer. I had a cousin that got mad at me because he was talking about Florida banning books and I simply pointed out all the books listed were available to order on Amazon. Why people don’t understand that a public library or public school not carrying a book is banning it. By all means, start your own bookstore or public library
Did they say what the banned book was?
Handmaid’s Tale. I’ve had people tell me it’s a great show but never bothered to watch or read it
Margaret Atwood is, uh... a little bit weird.
I read 'Surfacing' done by her for a book club. Interesting stuff. Apparently, the entire lesson was 'Don't run away to the city to be sexually abused by an older man and bullied into an abortion or else you'll end up an insane feral woman lurking in the woods'.
As funny as the entire meme of 'Handmaiden's Tale' being a sexual fantasy book, I wonder, sometimes.
Women's fiction is always, 100% projection of things they have done or want to do. Case in point, a female teacher wrote a book about a female teacher who abused preteen boys... and then it came out that she may have been abusing preteen boys.
What about a play where a powerful man abuses his employees written by a woman who was a personal assistant to a powerful man who sexually abused women? Would that count?