This was great! I really appreciate seeing a list of the top 10. I just read All Boys Aren’t Blue and loved it. The audio was great and the author seemed like such a caring person who really wanted to help other young Black, queer people find comfort and acceptance in everything they were feeling. I really liked it. I also read Gender Queer and The Blue Eye and loved both of those too. It makes me so sad that books with queer content are getting such hate. If anything, they promote more understanding and compassion and are such a valuable resource for the queer community. I don’t feel like they are trying to traumatize anyone. People should have access to these if they want to read them. Yes, I can see not wanting them some of them in school, especially since the cover is of Gender Queer can give off middle school vibes, but to ban them from the public library is awful. Great video, I really enjoyed it now have a good list of more that I want to read!
I'm glad you like All Boys Aren't Blue because it looks really good and can't wait to pick it up. I agree that these books promote understanding and inclusivity and it's such a shame that people don't want others to have access to them. Kids just want to fit in and know that they aren't alone. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi! I believe I hit the mark when I said, with the exception of the Bluest Eye, these were not adult books with adult themes that teens are not ready for. These are books written with teens in mind in a way that they are able to understand and make them feel seen, heard, and part of a community. Thanks so much for watching! Each view and comment helps my channel get out to more viewers!
A good and informative video, but the wrap up was a bit dishonest. While queer content was cited, yes, 10 out of 10 books were challenged for containing sexually explicit material. If you're looking for a trend it would be that parents/educators do not want a strange adult "teaching" their children about sex. It is entirely possible to write queer characters without being explicit, just like it's entirely possible to write straight characters without being explicit. Watched and subbed because I'm interested in seeing more of your content.
Hi! Thanks for pointing out my omission and I promise it wasn't dishonesty. I was looking at the list for the first time as I filmed and I filmed in one take so the queer element was the first thing that I noticed as I was viewing the list. I plan on doing this again next year and I will be better about looking at the list ahead of time and compiling thoughts. I am 100% understanding of parents wanting to control the flow of information to their kids and I'm not as squiffy about challenges to things being taught in schools. Unfortunately, the ALA doesn't specify school challenges vs. public library challenges (which I do not agree with at all) and I do believe I mentioned that I am sympathetic with parents. So much so, I have a video coming out next month about a few books that are/have been taught in schools and I just can't understand why. That being said, I also know that some parents will not give their kids the information (or will make their queer kids feel bad about themselves) and I think back to growing up in the 80s/90s when my queer friends and family had no resources and nothing to make them feel seen and comforted. I agree with you that being sexually explicit is not always necessary and my personal preference in reading fiction is to not have gratuitous sexual scenes. Do I think any book on this list absolutely needs to be on a school curriculum? No, but I do not believe they should be removed from stores or public libraries. I'll be sure to make that distinction in the future. Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!
Brilliant. There is a group of us on BookTube committed to reading 24 banned books in 2024. It’s led by the fabulous M-J at Reading this Life ( @M-J ). Well done for highlighting this growing issue. The more people who protest about it the better
I heard about MJ's challenge and was so sorry that I didn't join (although I do make it a habit to read as many banned books as I can). I hope you've read some amazing banned books! Thanks so much for watching!
@@poetofthestreets I also don't have time to read that many at once but I'll dip into a couple of them over the next year or so. I look forward to watching your video! Thanks so much for watching.
A Truth Universally Acknowledged, cool content you deserve more subscribers
Thank you so much and thank you for watching!
This was great! I really appreciate seeing a list of the top 10. I just read All Boys Aren’t Blue and loved it. The audio was great and the author seemed like such a caring person who really wanted to help other young Black, queer people find comfort and acceptance in everything they were feeling. I really liked it. I also read Gender Queer and The Blue Eye and loved both of those too. It makes me so sad that books with queer content are getting such hate. If anything, they promote more understanding and compassion and are such a valuable resource for the queer community. I don’t feel like they are trying to traumatize anyone. People should have access to these if they want to read them. Yes, I can see not wanting them some of them in school, especially since the cover is of Gender Queer can give off middle school vibes, but to ban them from the public library is awful. Great video, I really enjoyed it now have a good list of more that I want to read!
I'm glad you like All Boys Aren't Blue because it looks really good and can't wait to pick it up. I agree that these books promote understanding and inclusivity and it's such a shame that people don't want others to have access to them. Kids just want to fit in and know that they aren't alone. Thanks so much for watching!
This has profoundly missed the mark. "…appear to be targeted to teens." Exactly. Keep your targetting away from my children.
Hi! I believe I hit the mark when I said, with the exception of the Bluest Eye, these were not adult books with adult themes that teens are not ready for. These are books written with teens in mind in a way that they are able to understand and make them feel seen, heard, and part of a community. Thanks so much for watching! Each view and comment helps my channel get out to more viewers!
A good and informative video, but the wrap up was a bit dishonest. While queer content was cited, yes, 10 out of 10 books were challenged for containing sexually explicit material. If you're looking for a trend it would be that parents/educators do not want a strange adult "teaching" their children about sex. It is entirely possible to write queer characters without being explicit, just like it's entirely possible to write straight characters without being explicit. Watched and subbed because I'm interested in seeing more of your content.
Hi! Thanks for pointing out my omission and I promise it wasn't dishonesty. I was looking at the list for the first time as I filmed and I filmed in one take so the queer element was the first thing that I noticed as I was viewing the list. I plan on doing this again next year and I will be better about looking at the list ahead of time and compiling thoughts.
I am 100% understanding of parents wanting to control the flow of information to their kids and I'm not as squiffy about challenges to things being taught in schools. Unfortunately, the ALA doesn't specify school challenges vs. public library challenges (which I do not agree with at all) and I do believe I mentioned that I am sympathetic with parents. So much so, I have a video coming out next month about a few books that are/have been taught in schools and I just can't understand why.
That being said, I also know that some parents will not give their kids the information (or will make their queer kids feel bad about themselves) and I think back to growing up in the 80s/90s when my queer friends and family had no resources and nothing to make them feel seen and comforted.
I agree with you that being sexually explicit is not always necessary and my personal preference in reading fiction is to not have gratuitous sexual scenes. Do I think any book on this list absolutely needs to be on a school curriculum? No, but I do not believe they should be removed from stores or public libraries. I'll be sure to make that distinction in the future.
Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!
Brilliant. There is a group of us on BookTube committed to reading 24 banned books in 2024. It’s led by the fabulous M-J at Reading this Life ( @M-J ). Well done for highlighting this growing issue. The more people who protest about it the better
I heard about MJ's challenge and was so sorry that I didn't join (although I do make it a habit to read as many banned books as I can). I hope you've read some amazing banned books! Thanks so much for watching!
I love this idea! I don’t have the time to read that many, but I usually make banned book videos every year. Working on one right now!
@@poetofthestreets I also don't have time to read that many at once but I'll dip into a couple of them over the next year or so. I look forward to watching your video! Thanks so much for watching.