{"id":299,"date":"2023-12-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.re-faith.org\/?p=299"},"modified":"2023-12-14T22:31:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T04:31:26","slug":"greater-good-not-so-great-banned-book-qotd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.re-faith.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/greater-good-not-so-great-banned-book-qotd\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater good not so great \u2013 banned book QoTD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"banned-book-QoTD\" class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"QoTD\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\u2033\u2018Many atrocities,\u2019 Rhys purred, \u2018have been done in the name of the greater good.\u2018\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li class=\"single-item-list\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/court-of-mist-and-fury-9781619634473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Publisher's book listing\">A Court of Mist and Fury<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sarahjmaas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Author's website\">Sarah J. Maas<\/a>, a frequently banned book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\".single-item-list\" id=\"hitlist\"><strong>#10<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">American Library Association&#8217;s<\/a> list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\/frequentlychallengedbooks\/top10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022<\/a>.  See <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.re-faith.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\" title=\"About Re:\">what we are doing about it at Re:faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ALA_CHALLENGEDBOOK-10.webp?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" style=\"width:319px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ALA_CHALLENGEDBOOK-10.webp?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ALA_CHALLENGEDBOOK-10.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ALA_CHALLENGEDBOOK-10.webp?resize=1%2C1&amp;ssl=1 1w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>How apropos! Censorship of books that contain any LGBTQ+ characters at all is an atrocity that does immeasurable damage. It&#8217;s done in the name of protecting children or protecting parents&#8217; rights. But banishing representation of LGBTQ+ youth from literature is an atrocity, just the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2033\u2018Many atrocities,\u2019 Rhys purred, \u2018have been done in the name of the greater good.\u2018\u201d #10 on the American Library Association&#8217;s 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