For the last few years of my active teaching career I used this slide show to explore both how censorship works -- and doesn't work. The last time I actually taught this was about a year before Covid struck, which seems today like a long, long time ago.
But as the censorship karens and the serious book banners are coming after literally everything, it seems more important than ever to pass along two major messages ...
First, we have been here before ... and ...
Second, free people may be temporarily bamboozled into supporting them, but there will emerge new heroes to fight them ...
A note: if you'd like to use this presentation yourself, please reach out instead of trying to pirate it here. I will provide you with a slideshow or pdf with appropriate attributions, as well as copyright/fair use notices that you can use.
Also, please visit/support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which has been fighting for freedom of expression and against censorship in this venue for a long time.
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