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Read Banned Books. Because books from 1949 still make old white men in power nervous. Fascism is fragile, my friends.

I started reading George Orwell's "1984" over the weekend (I never actually read it in school ?) It was recommended to me in honor of the recent No King's Rallies. The three slogans of the Party are eerily familiar:

1. War is Peace
2. Freedom is Slavery
3. Ignorance is Strength

#TooRelevant ?

Completely forgot this was #BannedBooksWeek, so closing it out by rereading Orwell‘s “1984” for the first time in 30 years. Good grief, it‘s been 30 years since I was 18!!!

It‘s creepy and chilling how familiar some of this felt. I‘m glad I listed to it this week for Banned Books Week.

Heavy. So many possible interpretations. Intense. Upsetting. It‘s all the things. 👁️

#WithTheBanned

Apologies in advance, bc I keep snapping photos of sections for myself. Not unlike Fahrenheit 451, Parable of the Sower, or The Handmaid‘s Tale, I‘m floored by how resonant this feels to right now. #WithTheBanned

Photo still is from the Broadway play production of 1984 - on the boards in New York for 125 performances and 38 previews from May to October 2017. For some reason I was thinking it was pre-Trump Part 1! Time feels like it‘s collapsing on me. I saw it around July, I believe. Olivia Wilde made her debut in it as Julia (second from the left).

#WithTheBanned

Only 13 out of 100 (sigh). But better than last week. 😆
I'm tagging 1984 because I thought it would be on the list but wasn't.

#ThreeListThursday
@Dabbe

There is no joy watching every predicted fear come true , there is no smug condescension in saying I told you so as this regime proves that us "overdramatic, doomsday, ridiculous people " were right.
I pray that enough people can and do fight back to stop it quickly.