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1. Judy Blume Shares Her Own Coming-of-Age Story in New Documentary, ‘Judy Blume Forever’: (Movies); ... in Arizona, Alabama, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Most recently, the Indian River County School District of Florida banned Blume’s book Forever… from school libraries and in April 2022, Florida’s Jackson County ...; Created on 10 March 2023
2. Queer Period Pieces Like Abbi Jacobson's "A League Of Their Own" Are A Reminder That LGBTQ Rights Are Still Under Atta: (TV); I love a good queer period drama. Carol is my favorite Christmas movie. Gentleman Jack sent me on a deep dive through the Anne Lister Diaries on Audible. I’ll even go for a screening of If These Walls ...; Created on 13 October 2022
3. Fight Back Against Book Censorship in The US With These 4 Actionable Steps: (Books); Believe it or not, the American Library Association has recorded over 155 attempts at book censorship in the U.S. since June 2021. And this number is vastly underreported, since it doesn’t account for ...; Created on 02 May 2022
4. 5 Great Things You Can Get From Your Local Library -- Besides Books!: (Books); Libraries have always been a paradise for bookworms. But as public life emerges once again, it’s important to remember that reading material is far from the only free resource your local branch ...; Created on 24 February 2022
5. 6 Iconic LGBTQ+ Comedians To Laugh With This Pride Month: (Entertainment); ... and bizarre Twitter antics—including getting banned for pretending to be Sia, acting as brand ambassador for the official account of Nilla Wafers. This year she starred in the critically-acclaimed indie ...; Created on 10 June 2021
6. Don't Forget Your Story: Why Kink Will Always Belong in Prid: (Living); ... Documentary About Franco Stevens and The Birth of Her Popular Lesbian Magazine NYPD Is Banned From NYC Pride Events Until 2025 In An Effort To "Create Safer Spaces" For LGBTQIA+ And BIPOC Communities ...; Created on 03 June 2021
7. You Can Enjoy the Kitschy Glamour of Tiki Cocktail Culture without the Gnarly Colonial Aftertaste: (Eat Me); ... or erased by European colonizers. The Hawaiian language, for instance, was banned from schools and the government after Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1896. Yet today, Tiki bars are quick to ...; Created on 26 May 2021
8. NYPD Is Banned From NYC Pride Events Until 2025 In An Effort To "Create Safer Spaces" For LGBTQIA+ And BIPOC Communitie: (Feminism); New York City Pride organizers announced on Saturday, May 22, that NYPD and other law enforcements are banned from participating in the annual pride parade until 2025, NBC reported. Heritage of Pride, ...; Created on 19 May 2021
9. How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever: (Entertainment); ... banned altogether—which only made people want to play it more. In its first week, Phantasmagoria made $12 million, making it the best-selling game in the U.S., and Sierra’s top-seller of all time. But ...; Created on 09 October 2020
10. Margaret Atwood Is Here To Save Us (Again), But This Time With Self-Quarantine Recommendations: (Books); ... in breaking the taboo of talking about sexuality and other social issues in a repressive Ireland after WWII. All three of the novels were even banned by the Irish Censorship Board and faced harsh criticism ...; Created on 20 March 2020
11. ABC Called This Frida Mom Ad "Graphic" and We Need to Fight the Stigma of Postpartum Recover: (Living); ... or lewd’ and does not portray ‘guns or ammunition.’ ‘Feminine hygiene & hemorrhoid relief’ are also banned subjects. It’s just a new mom, home with her baby and her new body for the first time. And we ...; Created on 10 February 2020
12. Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization of Sex Work: (Arts); ... and promote “in person” services. Skype has banned sexually explicit calls. Bots monitor the language and terminology in chatrooms that both performers and our clients use, prompting warnings of deletion ...; Created on 06 December 2019
13. Shadow Banning: Why Women Are Pretending To Be Men On Instagram: (Feminism); ... #FemaleFitness (but not #MaleFitness) seemed to have been shadow banned. Instagram first denied that this was happening but then later acknowledged that they had been hiding pole dancers’ content after ...; Created on 20 November 2019
14. Why Are Airlines Censoring The Queer Storyline In "Booksmart": (Feminism); ... noting the airlines are state-owned and that LGBTQ people are banned from employment there. It’s hard to pinpoint any one entity responsible for this censorship. Is it the distributors for cutting such ...; Created on 29 October 2019
15. Historically, Dieting Has Always Been The Worst: (Living); ... and 40% sassafras oil (now banned for consumption in the U.S. due to its toxicity). In Ancient Greece, it was understood that being overweight contributed to a lot of health issues. Greek physician, Hippocrates, ...; Created on 08 August 2019
16. Misogyny and Manacles: The Real Story Behind "Wonder Woman: (Entertainment); ... to clap back. In 1942, Wonder Woman was actually banned for a short time, all because of her dress attire! Wonder Women’s knee high skirt, bodice and knee high boots were seen as incredibly skimpy and ...; Created on 17 May 2019
17. There's Finally Going To Be An "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" Mo: (Movies); ... and religion, which were controversial when the book was first released in 1970, causing it to become a piece of highly challenged literature and be targeted as a banned book. In an interview with Deadline, ...; Created on 22 October 2018
18. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Removed From Award. Here's Why That's A Good Thi: (Books); ... that meeting. That sort of thing is too big for anyone to decide. They were doing what they felt was best for their organization. To be clear: Wilder’s books aren’t being censored or banned. Nothing i ...; Created on 27 June 2018
19. The Story Of Alice Keppel, The Last (Official) Royal Mistress: (Feminism); ... other kings of the past, Bertie had been banned from giving his no. 1 mistress any form of pension or monetary gain—after all, that was taxpayers' money, and they probably didn’t want their hard-earned ...; Created on 22 June 2018
20. Frida Kahlo Barbie Is Banned In Mexico: Link Roundup: (Living); Frida Kahlo’s Family Keeps “Frida Barbie” Off Mexico’s Shelves A Mexican court ruled last Friday that the family of deceased artist Frida Kahlo owned the sole rights to Frida’s image, and that they ...; Created on 23 April 2018

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