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. april is national library month. september 2228 is national banned book week. 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 timestamps: 0:00 intro 3:00 we have lost the plot. literally. 15:28 let people hate things 30:06 a book is a loaded gun register to vote research your candidates fight fascist altright censorship book ban resources: book recs from social media: articles books: Antiintellectualism in American Life Richard Hofstadter AntiIntellectualism in American Media Dane Claussen Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury speaker clips: p. s. please ask me for book recs i have so many