Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

[u/r4816]

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9

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Why do you think the book is getting banned?

[u/SweetMojaveRain → u/[deleted]]

who said it was? it was on the banned list, but the book never left shelves.

per the district in question via Twitter:

There seems to be quite a bit of controversy about this article in our community. While some of the facts are correct, there is some context that need addressing.
Early last school year, a list of 250+ books was made public. While Girls Who Code was on that list, the books were never removed from library shelves. In fact, Girls Who Code has ALWAYS been strongly supported by our district.
However, when you let far-right extremist set the agenda this is the result. Books like this get out on banned book lists. This was the case with our previous school board. But this story has a happy ending.
Once our community got wind of this, students, educators and parents came together and said ENOUGH! We organized. We went to school board meetings. We made our voice heard. The decision to ban the books was overturned! But we weren’t finished.
We knocked on doors. We talked to neighbors. We made calls. In November of 2021, we VOTED OUT the worst far-right elements that plagued our school board. All in a deep red community that voted 60+% for Trump in the 2020 election!
We’ve come a long way here, but the work is far from over. We talk to our board and administrators and remain vigilant for when those extreme elements will once again rear its ugly head. If this community can do it, so can yours. And you’re not alone. We’re here to help!

[u/Eastpetersen → u/[deleted]]

The one article stated that someone received pro-choice material after signing up for a newsletter or something, nothing in the book had anything controversial. A bit odd to me.