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Hey hey book lovers and fascism haters! Join host Kelly Swails and feminist, writer, and and educator Veronica I. Arreola as they discuss two children's books that have faced book bans and criticism. The first, And Tango Makes Three written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole, features Silo and Roy, two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who get the chance to become penguin parents, just like the other penguin couples at the zoo. The second, J is for Justice: An Activism Alphabet, was written by guest Veronica I. Arreola and illustrated by Maria Diaz Perera and was banned by a school in Virginia as well as the school system for the US armed forces. Topics include but are not limited to: 

  • women's sports

  • Dolphin sex

  • The American democracy group project 

We paired this episode's uncomplicated books with an uncomplicated cocktail: the gin and tonic. Cheers!  

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