booktok, brainrot, and why it’s okay to be a hater

being a huge nerd means i care SO DEEPLY. about how people read books. but more importantly, i care about having access to those books. regardless of your stance on booktok books, you should be fighting against book bans. every day is an opportunity to think critically about literature, even now. especially now. analysis rocks! love u all!

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timestamps:
0:00 intro
3:00 we have lost the plot. literally.
14:45 let people hate things!
29:34 a book is a loaded gun

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book ban resources:
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks
https://ec.ala.org/donation/OIF-0600-...
https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/
https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/books-...
https://pen.org/how-to-fight-book-ban...
https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/

book recs from social media: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o...

articles
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...
https://madisonhuizinga.substack.com/...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/bo...
https://lithub.com/booktok-is-good-ac...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-2...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/sp...
https://www.vox.com/culture/23644772/...
https://www.besthealthmag.ca/article/...
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/...
https://www.bupipedream.com/opinions/...
https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com/20...
https://bookriot.com/sexist-problem-i...
https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com/20...
https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
https://thebaffler.com/latest/dont-le...
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lie-o...
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/12/3...
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/16...
https://www.evilfemale.blog/p/in-defe...
https://swim-press.co.uk/2023/01/15/a...
https://melaniestibbard.substack.com/...
https://www.thelance.ca/2022/11/17/th...
https://www.fridaythings.com/recent-p...
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/artic...
https://www.gandbmagazine.com/article...
https://hypercultureblog.com/f/the-po...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...
https://www.circana.com/intelligence/...
https://pen.org/report/book-bans-pres...
https://boingboing.net/2021/10/30/tex...
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/...

books:
Anti-intellectualism in American Life - Richard Hofstadter
Anti-Intellectualism in American Media - Dane Claussen
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media - Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/p...

speaker clips:
   • Author Richard Ford on reading classic lit...  
   • Jacqueline Woodson: What reading slowly ta...  
   • Famous Writers on the Power & Beauty of Re...  
   • The healing power of reading | Michelle Kuo  
   • How books can open your mind | Lisa Bu  
   • My Religion and My Banned Books  
   • Banned Books Week: 13 Authors Speak Out  

p.s. please ask me for book recs i have so many