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Awk_Word_Smith
1984 | George Orwell
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Pickpick

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

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dewbertb
1984 | George Orwell
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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 ?

aa_guer2021 Indeed. I‘ve said more times than I have wanted to that books such as this are a warning ⚠️ not an instruction manual. 3d
TimEW I‘ve been meaning to read 1984 for 50 years. But, I have seen the 1956 and the 1984 films. Those movies gave me the general idea. 😊🙏 23h
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Awk_Word_Smith
1984 | George Orwell
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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!!!

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Bookwormjillk
1984 | George Orwell
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It‘s creepy and chilling how familiar some of this felt. I‘m glad I listed to it this week for Banned Books Week.

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Melismatic
1984 | George Orwell
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Heavy. So many possible interpretations. Intense. Upsetting. It‘s all the things. 👁️

#WithTheBanned

TheBookHippie So upsetting. 3mo
lil1inblue Terrifying! 3mo
Rome753 One of my favorite books. 3mo
author_izzybond A classic book. If you like 1984, you might like my short fiction story: The Silence Dividend. 3mo
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Melismatic
1984 | George Orwell
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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

TheBookHippie This is required reading for seniors in highschool here. 🙃 3mo
Melismatic @TheBookHippie I wish I had read it in high school!! That was prime political awakening time for me during W‘s second term! 3mo
TheBookHippie @Melismatic 🙃 yes. I read it in 1984 😵‍💫 Reagan🤬 3mo
Melismatic @TheBookHippie it‘s sadly a perennial problem. 3mo
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Melismatic
1984 | George Orwell
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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

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Blueberry
1984 | George Orwell
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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

dabbe I think we still have more to go with the 1900s, so it may still be coming! And re: your score and comment, 🩵🎯🩵!!! I'm right there with ya! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵 5mo
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itsjustme40something
1984 | George Orwell
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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.

kspenmoll Yes! 6mo
Leftcoastzen Right!?! 6mo
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