Friday Thread 🧵#8: Give these people something to do!

Your Suggestions for the Book Ban Contingency

Funny story.

As you know if you’ve been following my newsletter, I’m donating all proceeds in 2024 to individuals and organizations fighting book bans. So far 23 people have contributed over $1,400 to the cause, $430 of which I already donated during National Library Week to that American Library Association’s United Against Book Bans initiative and to wrongfully terminated Llano, TX librarian Suzette Baker’s GoFundMe (after chatting online with her pro-bono attorney).

I set a goal in August to connect with at least 5 more people who would be willing to contribute so that we could make a big donation for Banned Books week. Last week, I was very excited to see a new paid subscriber pop up, putting me just one away from my goal. But before this person’s free trial expired, they sent me this “user feedback”:

“I do not wish to support, directly or indirectly, the political activities of the ALA.”

My first thought? SAME, girl, SAME.

I mean, in my ideal world the American Library Association w…