Episode 73: "Banned Books and Crack"

The F.A.B. Podcast presents the banned books episode! As you may know, the ladies love books..especially ones that have been banned! This week, Moni & Kat give a little history on "banned books week" and its significance. They also dive into some of the most banned books of all time, including the ones they have and want to review on the show. The ladies also discuss the current uptick in book banning in the US and it's significance. Get ready for an opinionated conversation about some of the most censored books in history...some audio bloopers, and the reason Moni's kids thought she smoked crack before!! Cheers!! Enjoy the show! ** Trigger Warning: Adult Content & Language, use of N-word etc. Please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded.PSA:** When we refer to "white people" we are speaking about those who are socially accepted as "white" and are actively or passively upholding/defending/ and or benifiting from systems of oppression. This Quote from show sums it up : "Oppression restricts access to knowledge about the world around you" -Kat Dedication To our listeners always, to Librarians & storyteller for fighting for book access, and to the Iranian Woman (Mahsa Amini ) who died in custody of the morality police for a dress code infraction & national daughters day!! (Honorable mention to sex workers out there!) Also, pimps are the worst! ***"Mahsa Amini was 22. She was visiting Tehran from her hometown of Kurdistan. She was detained by the morality police, allegedly for violating the hijab rule, which became compulsory following the 1979 revolution. She was arrested on September 13. Three days later, she died. The police says that she had a sudden heart attack while in detention, but activists and others have said that she was tortured or beaten in the head, and that's why she died." Full article in the link below. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/23/1124836810/anti-government-protests-grow-in-iran-after-a-woman-died-in-police-custody Show Notes: Info About Banned Books Week :https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/06/29/banned-books-explained/7772046001/ https://bannedbooksweek.org/george-m-johnson-headlines-action-packed-tuesday-for-banned-books-week/ Phil Donahue clip featuring Uncle Luke: https://youtu.be/iViMrXn5IIs Great replacement theory not new concept, shows up in The Great Gadsby: https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article/great-replacement-theory-was-never-fringe, https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/05/23/how-replacement-theory-moved-from-the-fringes-to-the-mainstream Christiane Amanpour: https://www.businessinsider.com/christiane-amanpour-refused-to-wear-head-scarf-for-irans-president-2022-9 About Malala Yousafzai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai UK Teen hacks GTA 6: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/26/london-police-arrest-uber-rockstar/ The Luniz "I Got 5 on It" featuring E-40 https://youtu.be/CiZ3XtGtmQs FAB Episode 21: X-Men unlimited https://share.fireside.fm/episode/wOJOKrZS+Ghrpo3bI "Parable of the Sower" Octavia Butler Check out the Libby app for downloadable books from the public library!! Support libraries!! *Stranger than Fiction: * They’re really banning books out here! That's soooo strange! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/09/02/oklahoma-teacher-banned-books-hb-1775/7970325001/ *Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! Reach out and let us how we are doing!! *You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Be on the look out, Patreon coming soon!!