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 22-28 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 alt-right censorship! book ban resources: book recs from social media: articles books: Anti-intellectualism in American Life - Richard Hofstadter Anti-Intellectualism 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