Florida Freedom to Read Project
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FL public school parents who believe in preserving access to information in public education and libraries. https://www.fftrp.org/florida_censorship_attempts
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Florida Freedom to Read Project connects parent organizations across the state to defend every student's right to access information & ideas.
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We volunteer our time to research how state laws have impacted educational opportunities for our children. That research requires public records, and public records require money.
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“It is deeply demoralizing to watch fellow Americans in other states write yours off as a “lost cause.” To hear people say, sometimes casually, sometimes with resignation, “Well, that’s what happens there,” as if entire communities and the children who live in them are expendable.”
Feeling overwhelmed by book bans and censorship where you live?
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
A Pep Talk for Those of Us in “Red” States
Advocates in red states face real-time censorship but persist through accountability, community-building, and small wins, holding the line for students and democracy.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
“It is deeply demoralizing to watch fellow Americans in other states write yours off as a “lost cause.” To hear people say, sometimes casually, sometimes with resignation, “Well, that’s what happens there,” as if entire communities and the children who live in them are expendable.”
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Feeling overwhelmed by book bans and censorship where you live?
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
A Pep Talk for Those of Us in “Red” States
Advocates in red states face real-time censorship but persist through accountability, community-building, and small wins, holding the line for students and democracy.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Feeling overwhelmed by book bans and censorship where you live?
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
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2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year.
This is a collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, and @bookriot.bsky.social: bookriot.com/book-censors...
This is a collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, and @bookriot.bsky.social: bookriot.com/book-censors...
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year
What were the book censorship trends in 2025? Here are the highs and lows, as identified by five organizations doing the work.
bookriot.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year.
This is a collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, and @bookriot.bsky.social: bookriot.com/book-censors...
This is a collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, and @bookriot.bsky.social: bookriot.com/book-censors...
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Picoult’s THE STORYTELLER confronts history, justice, trauma, and moral choice, exactly the kind of empathetic, critical reading we need. Banning it doesn’t protect anyone; it silences Holocaust conversations & hard truths. Powerful stories help us reckon with the past & build a more just future.
December 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Picoult’s THE STORYTELLER confronts history, justice, trauma, and moral choice, exactly the kind of empathetic, critical reading we need. Banning it doesn’t protect anyone; it silences Holocaust conversations & hard truths. Powerful stories help us reckon with the past & build a more just future.
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Setting goals is an excellent way to jumpstart action. Are you ready for 2026? A new year is the perfect time to recommit to protecting access to books and standing up for intellectual freedom. Let’s make 2026 a year of courage, clarity, and collective action. 💛📖
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Setting goals is an excellent way to jumpstart action. Are you ready for 2026? A new year is the perfect time to recommit to protecting access to books and standing up for intellectual freedom. Let’s make 2026 a year of courage, clarity, and collective action. 💛📖
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
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What will you stand for in 2026?
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What will you stand for in 2026?
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
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She did this during the season when folks who'd be REALLY ANGRY about this are busy with their offline lives. Convenient. Really convenient.
Governor Kathy Hochul VETOED the New York bill meant to protect the freedom to read.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
She did this during the season when folks who'd be REALLY ANGRY about this are busy with their offline lives. Convenient. Really convenient.
“…allowing ‘officials to strip public school libraries of books because of ideological disagreement would weaponize the machinery of education to entrench political power and threaten important but vulnerable ideas.’”
www.pnj.com/story/news/2...
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Appeal calls Escambia school book removal 'viewpoint discrimination'
Authors of the book “And Tango Makes Three” have urged a federal appeals court to reject Escambia schools move to take the book off library shelves.
www.pnj.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“…allowing ‘officials to strip public school libraries of books because of ideological disagreement would weaponize the machinery of education to entrench political power and threaten important but vulnerable ideas.’”
www.pnj.com/story/news/2...
www.pnj.com/story/news/2...
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Merry Grinchmas! “I know just what to do!” the Grinch hissed with a grin, “I’ll open the doors and let the great grift begin! I’ll call it a ‘Scholarship!’ I’ll call it ‘School Choice!’ While I gut public funding and silence their voice!” #Florida accountabaloney.com/category/edu...
Education Funding – Accountabaloney
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December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Merry Grinchmas! “I know just what to do!” the Grinch hissed with a grin, “I’ll open the doors and let the great grift begin! I’ll call it a ‘Scholarship!’ I’ll call it ‘School Choice!’ While I gut public funding and silence their voice!” #Florida accountabaloney.com/category/edu...
Thank you to Tampa Bay Arts Passport for this special recognition of the Orange Blossom Award!
The truth matters, and we will continue to document and share the real impacts of state policies and leadership choices on our public schools.
www.tbartspassport.com/orange-bloss...
The truth matters, and we will continue to document and share the real impacts of state policies and leadership choices on our public schools.
www.tbartspassport.com/orange-bloss...
December 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thank you to Tampa Bay Arts Passport for this special recognition of the Orange Blossom Award!
The truth matters, and we will continue to document and share the real impacts of state policies and leadership choices on our public schools.
www.tbartspassport.com/orange-bloss...
The truth matters, and we will continue to document and share the real impacts of state policies and leadership choices on our public schools.
www.tbartspassport.com/orange-bloss...
Here’s the thing, Florida isn’t leaving it up to our locally elected boards.
Appointed state officials stepped in over the summer and demanded the removal of books that local Boards through their committees decided to retain for certain grades.
www.wusf.org/courts-law/2...
Appointed state officials stepped in over the summer and demanded the removal of books that local Boards through their committees decided to retain for certain grades.
www.wusf.org/courts-law/2...
December 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Here’s the thing, Florida isn’t leaving it up to our locally elected boards.
Appointed state officials stepped in over the summer and demanded the removal of books that local Boards through their committees decided to retain for certain grades.
www.wusf.org/courts-law/2...
Appointed state officials stepped in over the summer and demanded the removal of books that local Boards through their committees decided to retain for certain grades.
www.wusf.org/courts-law/2...
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“A free country does not only protect the right to speak. It protects the right to seek … That is the American bargain: we trade the comfort of control for the liberty of choice.”
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Why “protecting people” is actually just controlling them
thepreamble.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“A free country does not only protect the right to speak. It protects the right to seek … That is the American bargain: we trade the comfort of control for the liberty of choice.”
“It’s not a “Florida” thing. It’s not a “Texas” thing. It’s a 21 states out of 50 thing. The government wants to dictate to half of this country's states what they can read & what they can think. They want public institutions of democracy & civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs.”
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights.
It should be bigger news.
Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
It should be bigger news.
Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The Blueprint of Censorship In 2026 Is Florida, Right Now
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights. It should be bigger news.
buttondown.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“It’s not a “Florida” thing. It’s not a “Texas” thing. It’s a 21 states out of 50 thing. The government wants to dictate to half of this country's states what they can read & what they can think. They want public institutions of democracy & civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs.”
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This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights.
It should be bigger news.
Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
It should be bigger news.
Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The Blueprint of Censorship In 2026 Is Florida, Right Now
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights. It should be bigger news.
buttondown.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights.
It should be bigger news.
Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
It should be bigger news.
Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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If you haven't yet, do spend some time with this one. What a powerful collaboration.
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, & Successes Over The Year.
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year
What were the book censorship trends in 2025? Here are the highs and lows, as identified by five organizations doing the work.
bookriot.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If you haven't yet, do spend some time with this one. What a powerful collaboration.
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Critical thread on the freedom to read. Action steps included. We cannot let up. We cannot give an inch. Censorship is anathema to democracy and that's why it's a favorite tool of fascists.
You may remember that in August, the Middle District Court of Florida ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit over book bans in the state. He said none of the books were obscene: bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Critical thread on the freedom to read. Action steps included. We cannot let up. We cannot give an inch. Censorship is anathema to democracy and that's why it's a favorite tool of fascists.
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2. Write your federal congressional reps in support of the re-filed Right to Read Bill: www.reed.senate.gov/news/release...
As Book Bans Spread, Reed & Grijalva Introduce Right to Read Act to Boost Literacy & Strengthen School Libraries | U.S. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island
WASHINGTON, DC – Literacy opens the door for lifelong opportunity and economic success. To make sure this door is open to every child, U.S. Senator...
www.reed.senate.gov
December 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
2. Write your federal congressional reps in support of the re-filed Right to Read Bill: www.reed.senate.gov/news/release...
They “yadda yadda yadda’d the most important part” [insert Seinfeld gif here]
Those … skip right over the distinction between (I) & (II). Districts must discontinue use of books found to be pornographic/harmful to minors.
Depictions/descriptions of sexual content must be appropriately restricted.
Those … skip right over the distinction between (I) & (II). Districts must discontinue use of books found to be pornographic/harmful to minors.
Depictions/descriptions of sexual content must be appropriately restricted.
![State’s Brief misrepresenting the law
Page: 30 of 54
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That is a plain misreading of the statute. HB 1069 requires the removal of any
material from a school library that, among other things, is "pornographic" or "Idlepicts
or describes sexual conduct." Fla. Stat. S 1006.28(2)(a)2.b.(I)-(II). To help identify any
existing materials that run afoul of these requirements, the law created a procedure where parents, guardians, or "[a] resident of the county" can raise these materials for government review. See id. § 1006.28(2)(a)2.b. But the law is clear that "if the district
school board finds that any material meets the requirements... the school district shall discontinue use of the material." Id. § 1006.28(2)(a)2.b. (emphasis added).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:saluomt4fgyr3rfznfqhtclg/bafkreihjoauxhvatpu54zjvotaet3clqxpo6lsc3qjtpm33xsqtsibpv4e@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
They “yadda yadda yadda’d the most important part” [insert Seinfeld gif here]
Those … skip right over the distinction between (I) & (II). Districts must discontinue use of books found to be pornographic/harmful to minors.
Depictions/descriptions of sexual content must be appropriately restricted.
Those … skip right over the distinction between (I) & (II). Districts must discontinue use of books found to be pornographic/harmful to minors.
Depictions/descriptions of sexual content must be appropriately restricted.
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If you're wondering what you can two, here are two action steps.
1. If your state is one of the 20, write your attorneys general and tell them what you think. Make sure they know if they're elected, their jobs are on the line. If they're appointed, emphasize that they don't represent your beliefs.
1. If your state is one of the 20, write your attorneys general and tell them what you think. Make sure they know if they're elected, their jobs are on the line. If they're appointed, emphasize that they don't represent your beliefs.
December 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If you're wondering what you can two, here are two action steps.
1. If your state is one of the 20, write your attorneys general and tell them what you think. Make sure they know if they're elected, their jobs are on the line. If they're appointed, emphasize that they don't represent your beliefs.
1. If your state is one of the 20, write your attorneys general and tell them what you think. Make sure they know if they're elected, their jobs are on the line. If they're appointed, emphasize that they don't represent your beliefs.
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The government wants to tell half of this country's states what it is they can read and what it is they can think.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The government wants to tell half of this country's states what it is they can read and what it is they can think.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
Please read this whole thread and (whether you live in one of these 21 states or not), please write your members of Congress and tell them you want the Right to Read bill passed.
The right to access speech without the government viewpoint-limiting our taxpayer-funded libraries is on the line.
The right to access speech without the government viewpoint-limiting our taxpayer-funded libraries is on the line.
You may remember that in August, the Middle District Court of Florida ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit over book bans in the state. He said none of the books were obscene: bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Please read this whole thread and (whether you live in one of these 21 states or not), please write your members of Congress and tell them you want the Right to Read bill passed.
The right to access speech without the government viewpoint-limiting our taxpayer-funded libraries is on the line.
The right to access speech without the government viewpoint-limiting our taxpayer-funded libraries is on the line.
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ALA, @bookriot.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social all track different aspects of the movement - no matter how you look at it, book bans are sweeping across the country. Don't miss our joint report: https://bit.ly/4qkTZh5
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
ALA, @bookriot.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social all track different aspects of the movement - no matter how you look at it, book bans are sweeping across the country. Don't miss our joint report: https://bit.ly/4qkTZh5
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Are we to accept that the freedom to read is a states’ rights issue?
Do we want our First Amendment freedoms to vary by location?
The implications of SCOTUS declining to hear Llano reverberate across the country...
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/are_we_to_ac...
Do we want our First Amendment freedoms to vary by location?
The implications of SCOTUS declining to hear Llano reverberate across the country...
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/are_we_to_ac...
Are We to Accept that the Freedom to Read Is a States’ Rights Issue?
The freedom to read is a nationwide constitutional right, not a varying state-by-state privilege under the First Amendment.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Are we to accept that the freedom to read is a states’ rights issue?
Do we want our First Amendment freedoms to vary by location?
The implications of SCOTUS declining to hear Llano reverberate across the country...
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/are_we_to_ac...
Do we want our First Amendment freedoms to vary by location?
The implications of SCOTUS declining to hear Llano reverberate across the country...
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/are_we_to_ac...
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What trends emerged in book censorship in 2025? Five organizations have combed through their data and their work to bring to light what everyone should know. Consider these your places to prepare, your places to ponder, and, yes, even your places to celebrate (a bit!).
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, & Successes Over The Year.
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year
What were the book censorship trends in 2025? Here are the highs and lows, as identified by five organizations doing the work.
bookriot.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What trends emerged in book censorship in 2025? Five organizations have combed through their data and their work to bring to light what everyone should know. Consider these your places to prepare, your places to ponder, and, yes, even your places to celebrate (a bit!).