It’s a bad news roundup pardner! We’re talking public library leases, book ratings, and Montana being a shit to Emily Drabinski.

Open letter in support of Emily: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fgz9ITvekfCCtVspicgbaCM0Go2YzkaSrYGtR6s9lHo/preview

Sadie

https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-07-11/a-kansas-town-is-threatening-again-to-kick-out-the-public-library-unless-it-removes-lgbtq-books

Justin

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/business/texas-sexually-explicit-books-law/index.html

OSTP memo https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP19/20230714/116251/BILLS-118--AP--CJS-FY24CJSSubcommitteeMark.pdf 

Jay

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/ala-responds-to-montana-state-library-commissions-withdrawal-of-membership/ 

https://dailymontanan.com/2023/06/22/library-commissioners-concerned-about-national-associations-new-marxist-lesbian-president/

https://jacobin.com/2023/07/american-library-association-emily-drabinski-montana-state-library-right-wing-homophobia-anticommunism 

Media mentioned

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3F_(book)#:~:text=How%20Conservatives%20Won%20the%20Heart,of%20Kansas%2C%20Frank's%20native%20state. 

Idaho copycat of Montana https://twitter.com/annakate_miller/status/1680969944270508032