Can you believe a book about a Native American child baking fry bread with her grandma is banned?
On this episode of Codex Machina, Bethany and Laura have a chat with the lovely and amazing Aileen Loy. Loy, an Atlanta artist/musician/writer/philanthropist who took it upon herself to “abduct” old and unused newspaper boxes and turn them into fancy Little Free Contentious Libraries containing books that had been banned. The project started as a response to book bans that began to spring up after Black Lives Matter – Loy wanted to highlight the fact that books about PoC characters were suddenly being banned, and wanted to also educate people on exactly what was being banned. For example, Good Hair by Yvonne Sewankambo, which is about a little girl who doesn’t want to go to school because she hates her hair. Today, Loy has deposited over 55 of these boxes in 5 states: Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Louisiana, covering all sorts of banned books that celebrity diversity, individuality, and children’s agency. We chat with Loy about her project and banned books in general, and how important it is that people understand what kinds of books are being banned, and why.
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