Book Banning and the Big Red Boots

Different Things Can Be Sad

Let's recap the shortest month of the year through the lens of politics and pop culture! This month we're chatting book banning, those viral shoes, and all the things we read, watched, and listened to!

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Reading

• Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton
• The Secret History by Donna Dartt

Watching

• Fixer Upper
• One Fine Morning

Listening

• Sentimental Garbage Gilmore Girls mini-series
• Paper Towns soundtrack
• Five Easy Hot Dogs by Mac DeMarco

Politics

History of Book Banning

• https://guides.library.harvard.edu/c.php?g=1269000&p=9306840
• https://readingpartners.org/blog/history-banned-books-week/
• https://theconversation.com/book-bans-reflect-outdated-beliefs-about-how-children-read-189938
• https://www.freedomtoread.ca/resources/bannings-and-burnings-in-history/
• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/banned-books-resources/

Book Banning in Florida

• https://pen.org/these-4-florida-bills-censor-classroom-subjects-and-ideas/
• https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/judge-blocks-floridas-stop-woke-censorship-bill-taking-effect-higher-education
• https://www.theledger.com/story/news/education/2022/02/06/how-does-florida-law-live-u-s-supreme-court-precedent/6656991001/
• https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/desantis-florida-book-bans/
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/09/ron-desantis-florida-education-censorship
• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-desantis-florida-teacher-books-b2285705.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrS-46e59V4

Pop Culture

• https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/these-big-red-boots-have-stomped-onto-the-internet-and-theyre-probably-here-to-stay/3170255/
• https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/mschf-big-red-boot/
• https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/what-to-know-about-the-viral-big-red-boots-by-mschf.html
• https://harpersbazaar.com.au/clowncore-fashion-trend/
• https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/vanilla-girl-aesthetic-tiktok
• https://www.tiktok.com/@stevenatto24/video/7199092653336710446
• https://www.instagram.com/officialmacrose/reels/
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07sqbmy#:~:text=In%20this%20essay%2C%20American%20essayist,full%20of%20expensive%20athleisure%20wear