meredith adamo 💫
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NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS (2025 Morris Winner) • grocery store enthusiast • she/her • 🩷💜💙
No one will call this anything other than what it is:
pure cowardice.
pure cowardice.
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
No one will call this anything other than what it is:
pure cowardice.
pure cowardice.
No one will laud book banners as heroes.
(As if dedicating your time to combing children’s and young adult books for sexual / diverse / mature / ”inappropriate” content is somehow brave or noble.)
(As if dedicating your time to combing children’s and young adult books for sexual / diverse / mature / ”inappropriate” content is somehow brave or noble.)
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
No one will laud book banners as heroes.
(As if dedicating your time to combing children’s and young adult books for sexual / diverse / mature / ”inappropriate” content is somehow brave or noble.)
(As if dedicating your time to combing children’s and young adult books for sexual / diverse / mature / ”inappropriate” content is somehow brave or noble.)
In the end—and there will be an end to this someday; I really think that—no one will look back on these coordinated censorship efforts and think of all the kids who were protected.
(Protected from what, exactly?)
(Protected from what, exactly?)
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In the end—and there will be an end to this someday; I really think that—no one will look back on these coordinated censorship efforts and think of all the kids who were protected.
(Protected from what, exactly?)
(Protected from what, exactly?)
(These are rhetorical questions, by the way. We know.)
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
(These are rhetorical questions, by the way. We know.)
What’s so terrifying about a teen learning to question her experiences, to think for herself, to use her voice?
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What’s so terrifying about a teen learning to question her experiences, to think for herself, to use her voice?
What’s so scary about a survivor of sexual assault realizing that she’s not to blame for her abuse?
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What’s so scary about a survivor of sexual assault realizing that she’s not to blame for her abuse?
But what are you so afraid of?
What’s so frightening about a young woman recognizing the ways in which her body has been violated by boys and men and reclaiming it as her own?
What’s so frightening about a young woman recognizing the ways in which her body has been violated by boys and men and reclaiming it as her own?
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
But what are you so afraid of?
What’s so frightening about a young woman recognizing the ways in which her body has been violated by boys and men and reclaiming it as her own?
What’s so frightening about a young woman recognizing the ways in which her body has been violated by boys and men and reclaiming it as her own?
Because censorship is about control.
It’s about denying young readers the chance to see their experiences reflected on the page and preventing them from seeing experiences other than their own.
It’s about silencing and dismissing and depriving and restricting.
It’s about fear.
It’s about denying young readers the chance to see their experiences reflected on the page and preventing them from seeing experiences other than their own.
It’s about silencing and dismissing and depriving and restricting.
It’s about fear.
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Because censorship is about control.
It’s about denying young readers the chance to see their experiences reflected on the page and preventing them from seeing experiences other than their own.
It’s about silencing and dismissing and depriving and restricting.
It’s about fear.
It’s about denying young readers the chance to see their experiences reflected on the page and preventing them from seeing experiences other than their own.
It’s about silencing and dismissing and depriving and restricting.
It’s about fear.
I’m also mad.
And frustrated.
And upset.
And yet still my first impulse is to impress.
Look! Look at my accolades—the medal, the awards, the stars, the “best of” lists, the state recognition. Doesn’t that mean anything to you?
Obviously not, or else we wouldn’t be in this situation.
And frustrated.
And upset.
And yet still my first impulse is to impress.
Look! Look at my accolades—the medal, the awards, the stars, the “best of” lists, the state recognition. Doesn’t that mean anything to you?
Obviously not, or else we wouldn’t be in this situation.
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m also mad.
And frustrated.
And upset.
And yet still my first impulse is to impress.
Look! Look at my accolades—the medal, the awards, the stars, the “best of” lists, the state recognition. Doesn’t that mean anything to you?
Obviously not, or else we wouldn’t be in this situation.
And frustrated.
And upset.
And yet still my first impulse is to impress.
Look! Look at my accolades—the medal, the awards, the stars, the “best of” lists, the state recognition. Doesn’t that mean anything to you?
Obviously not, or else we wouldn’t be in this situation.
To start: I do not begrudge the educators and librarians who are being put in impossible positions by their counties, their school boards, their state legislation.
I’m honored to be an ally in this fight against censorship. Right now, most of us are doing the best we can with what little we have.
I’m honored to be an ally in this fight against censorship. Right now, most of us are doing the best we can with what little we have.
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
To start: I do not begrudge the educators and librarians who are being put in impossible positions by their counties, their school boards, their state legislation.
I’m honored to be an ally in this fight against censorship. Right now, most of us are doing the best we can with what little we have.
I’m honored to be an ally in this fight against censorship. Right now, most of us are doing the best we can with what little we have.
Thank you so much! That means the world to me — if you'd like me to mail you a signed copy for your classroom along with some swag (bookmarks and bookplates), I'd be so happy to do that! Feel free to chat me on here or message me on my site 💕
July 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Thank you so much! That means the world to me — if you'd like me to mail you a signed copy for your classroom along with some swag (bookmarks and bookplates), I'd be so happy to do that! Feel free to chat me on here or message me on my site 💕