Join Jennifer and Courtney for the first installment of the “WTF” mini-series where they highlight recent happenings regarding our kids that make you say “WTF”. In this minisode, they focus on troublesome bills that could become oppressive laws. Sources: Equality Florida 2024 Legislative Slate ACLU of Florida Opposes Committee Passage of House Bill Chilling the Speech of People Critical of Public Officials Florida Republican wants to allow teens to work in roofing and construction | Orlando Senate child labor bill gets rewrite to limit teen workers on construction sites Pride Flag Ban 9 Ridiculous Kentucky Laws You Should Know - Louisville Lawyers, Cooper and Friedman YOUTH ACTION FUND: Youth Action Fund (@youthactionfund) • Instagram photos and videos Youth Action Fund ✊ (@YouthActionFund) / X https://linktr.ee/YouthActionFund Youth Action Fund Wishlist Find your reps and email them your opposition to bills that attack, isolate, and erase the LGBTQ+ community! Find Your Representative | Florida House of Representatives (myfloridahouse.gov) Find Your Legislators - The Florida Senate (flsenate.gov)

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In this episode, Courtney and Jennifer cover a book that led to an 11 year old’s supposed porn addiction.

• Woman Who Claims Scholastic Book Caused Her Porn Addiction Works for Right-Wing Publisher
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• BUY Raina Telgemeier Collection Box Set (Smile, Drama, Sisters, Ghosts, Guts)

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Trigger warning: This episode contains brief references to SA.  Just in time for the December 25th movie theater debut of the musical, “The Color Purple”, Jennifer and Courtney cover the original novel written by Alice Walker in 1982. One of the most banned books throughout the world, “The Color Purple” is a timeless classic loved by many but is “trash” to some, despite Walker being the first Black woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Buy the book: The Color Purple a book by Alice Walker



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Trigger warning: This episode contains brief references to SA.  In this “no-book” epsiode, Courtney and Jennifer cover hypocrisy in the state of Florida with updates on Moms for Liberty’s “menage a trois” scandal, Ronny boy’s authoritarian views of school libraries, and more!  Jennifer and Courtney will be covering “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker later this month before it gets released on the big screen on December 25th.   Sources: Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty cofounder, accused of sexual assault by alleged menage a trois lover - Florida Center for Government Accountability (FLCGA) Moms for Liberty Deleted Tweet Congressman Maxwell Frost's Fight Book Bans Act Florida SAT scores drop again while politicians wage culture wars | Commentary   5-Star Stories: Karen Smith, School Board member gets sworn in on a stack of banned books Karen Smith suspends hateful school board policies Pink will give away thousands of banned books at her Florida shows - Good Morning America Illinois Governor extends Dolly's Library



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In this episode, Courtney and Jennifer are thankful for the “truth”...but PragerU has a different definition of the word… Instead of a book, they cover the concerning resources that this state-approved organization has been releasing for use in public schools. They also ask their kids for their thoughts on the matter and the responses did not disappoint! Tune in as Jennifer and Courtney discuss turkey, patriotism, and whether or not pilgrims are “evil”. Kansas school forced 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his hair, ACLU says - ABC News PragerU: Otto's Tales — Today Is Thanksgiving PragerU: The "Truth" about Thanksgiving If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving - Newell, Chris








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Butterfly in the sky…I’d like to see a &@#*$ try! Don’t mess with Levar Burton! In this episode, Jennifer and Courtney discuss how the rest of the world views Moms for Liberty…Including Oprah and Levar Burton!  Join your hosts as they share the “steamy” scene from “Storm and Fury” by Jennifer Armentrout and reveal how one “mom” used a minor–without their parental consent–to try and get this book banned…and a media specialist fired! In addition to covering the book “Storm and Fury” by Jennifer Armentrout, Courtney and Jennifer cover how one M4L chapter is in hot water for associating with a white nationalist group. Lavar Burton wrecks M4L | TikTok Moms for Liberty removes two Kentucky chapter leaders who posed with far-right Proud Boys Moms for Liberty and Florida Teacher Schemed to Manipulate Student Book Controversy Santa Rosa County mother accuses 'Moms for Liberty' of exploiting daughter to push agenda | WEAR Bad Ass Dad describes M4L BUY: Storm and Fury (Original) a book by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Moms for Liberty is at it again! In this preview episode, Jennifer and Courtney cover the mom's latest shenanigans in trying to get yet another media specialist fired for yet another book. This time, the book is "Storm and Fury" by Jennifer Armentrout. This highly-reviewed young adult novel caused a school board candidate and Moms for Liberty member, Jennifer Tapley, to try and file a police report in Santa Rosa county, Florida, this past October.  Join your hosts as they ponder why such a highly-rated and popular YA novel with just ONE spicy scene out of 300+ pages is creating such a hullabaloo while other school library books with pages and pages of spiciness are seemingly overlooked...Could it be because some of these books features diverse characters while others do not? Also, the holidays are approaching! Be sure to get your "Really Tough Ron-Boy Boots" t-shirt  for the Ron Desantis' fans in your life…and if you don’t know what that means, just listen to the episode. ;) 

• Updated List: Every Known Florida School District Book Ban, July 2021 Through June 2023
• Florida Moms for Liberty member offers up teen novel to Santa Rosa Sheriff as pornography - gulflive.com
• Highly reviewed on Goodreads, booklist, and SLJ
• Harper Collins Age Recommendation
• Moms for Liberty Falls Flat on Its Face in School Board Races | The New Republic
• When young people read disturbing books - Columbia University
• YouTube: Members of Moms for Liberty in Florida report Librarians to Police
• Pastor Paul Drees Speaks about Christian Hypocrisy
• New York Post: Florida mom calls police on librarian over popular young adult book she equates to 'pornography'
•  The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M Auel: Bad sex award extract
• SATIRE: MomsForLiberties.com

 

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Just in time for Halloween and the Chief’s football season (thank you, Taylor), Jennifer and Courtney cover a charming graphic novel written by Rainbow Rowell and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks about a budding romance in a pumpkin patch! Pumpkin Heads follows Josiah and Deja through their expansive pumpkin patch full of fun fall activities like caramel apple stands, hungry goats, and hay rides. Their adventures model positive lessons in body image, consent, and friendship…but one scene revealing Deja’s bisexuality may keep these important lessons from reaching young readers. Join Courtney and Jennifer as they discuss whether or not this book should be in elementary school libraries and why Scholastic should stop selling slime kits at their book fairs.     BUY: Pumpkinheads a book by Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks, and Sarah Stern Instagram: @moms4libros, @equalityfl, @noliewithbtc, @madovermarketing_mom Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Classrooms | Common Sense Education





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Just in time to close out Hispanic Heritage month, Jennifer and Courtney cover the widely banned book Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez. Regarded as anal pornography by an angry Texan “mom-for-liberty”, Out of Darkness is actually a Romeo and Juliet inspired love story between a Mexican-American girl and an African-American boy at the time of the 1937 Texas school explosion. Tune in to find out how this award-winning historical fiction became wrongfully labeled thanks to the hateful rhetoric spread by present day racists and misogynists.   On a lighter note, Courtney and Jennifer also shed light on which Shakespearean words are code for “penis”, “orgasm”, “virginity” and more, as they discuss why the Dept. of Education would recommend “Romeo and Juliet” even though it has been restricted in some counties.  BUY: Out of Darkness a book by Ashley Hope Pérez Texas mother interrupts school board meeting to discuss anal sex Of Mice and Men: The shocking passages | Books on Trial Romeo and Juliet Sex | Shmoop To be or not to be on the shelf? New Florida school book law could restrict even Shakespeare Act 2, Scene 1: Popup Note Index Item: "O that she were an open-arse and thou a popp'rin pear" | myShakespeare! Review: Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez | Alive and Narrating





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Well folks, this JR episode had to be dubbed…Jennifer and Courtney did their best but had a few minor slip ups that had to be dubbed over with fun words like “hot dog” and “meatball”.  Nonetheless, they successfully made it through another JR episode that is “safe” to listen to with little ears around. This book covers “My Shadow is Purple” by Scott Stuart and the teacher who lost her job for bravely reading it to her 5th graders as a part of a lesson on poetry and inclusivity.   Georgia Teacher Fired for Reading Book About Gender to Fifth-Grade Class: 'Censorship Perpetuates Harm' Florida county removes LGBTQ books from schools: 'These characters and themes cannot exist' Florida is the nation's book banning leader, according to national free speech group Buy My Shadow is Purple by Scott Stuart Buy My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart Buy How to be a Real Man by Scott Stuart @JavaDoodles Funny Animations  

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