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Lynette Mejia

@carinthia.bsky.social
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Writer. Library Defender. Prius frangitur quam flectitur.

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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 20/04/2026
Join us as we continue the fight attempts across #Louisiana to ban and restrict access to #books. You can find out more about our efforts at www.la-cac.org, and get info on steps you can take at uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea....
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 20/04/2026
Today the ALA released its 2025 most challenged books list. Across genres and ages, one trend persists: these bans target marginalized voices. Reading about others teaches empathy & promotes understanding; it's time to ask ourselves why that idea is so threatening to those who want to ban books.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 20/04/2026
It's normal in libraries to see a small number of book challenges by parents & patrons who have concerns about content. Today, however, 92% come from organized groups, including officials and dark money groups like Citizens for a New LA. It's time we reclaim our libraries for the people they serve.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 20/04/2026
On this Right to Read Day 2026, Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship stands with our libraries, stands for the rights of families to make their own choices, stands against book bans, and stands for the freedom to read freely. And yes, we will always stand in the way. Find out more: www.la-cac.org
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
NEWS: Huge victory for the LGBTQ+ community. The Pride flag will permanently return to the Stonewall National Monument! www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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LGBTQ+ groups score legal victory over Trump, restoring Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument
Advocates secured the permanent return of the Pride flag to the federally managed New York City landmark after removal ignited outrage.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 13/04/2026
LA-CAC has joined 100+ advocacy groups, publishers, booksellers, and parent orgs in opposing H.R. 7661, the national book ban bill. Take action: 1. Urge your rep to vote NO via EveryLibrary: tinyurl.com/hapf2m9r 2. LA residents contact our congressional delegation: tinyurl.com/a63pdnps
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Nikki DuCoté @raisedbyvalaya.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Everyone be sure to leave milk and cookies out for the 4 horsemen tonight
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 17/01/2026
Not librarians. Not drag queens. #Bookbanning and #censorship are politically motivated attacks on marginalized communities. It was never about protecting children. #saveourlibraries #notadragqueen #Louisiana
A local priest has been arrested on accusations of sex crimes involving a child, the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed. Ex-cop sentenced in child sex abuse case. Grand Jury returns indictment charging former Evangeline Parish law enforcement officer with production and receipt of child pornography. Lafayette man arrested, charged with over 100 counts of child porn.
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 17/01/2026
My friends are pretty awesome. @la-cac.org
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 14/10/2025
Faculty punished. Students arrested. #Freedom silenced. Louisiana’s #universities are in crisis — and we’re calling for action. Read our report: www.la-cac.org/threats-to-academic-freedom #AcademicFreedom #Louisiana #NoCensorship @penamerica.bsky.social
A screenshot of a webpage at Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship. The text says THREATS TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM ON LOUISIANA COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
TAKE MY DAMN MONEY. "Pre-orders for the $25 product end on October 15, and it will allegedly never be reprinted. All profits will be donated to the American Library Association "to fight censorship.""
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Not a game: Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs by ditching rules, adding explanations
You absolutely, definitely cannot play it.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 06/10/2025
An informed electorate is EVERYTHING in a functioning #democracy. Banned Books Week is a great time to pay special attention to the ways in which #censorship is growing in #America. It's not just #libraries anymore.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 07/10/2025
Our #libraries are under attack. This #BannedBooksWeek2025 we’re sharing daily actions to #ProtectLibraries & #SaveOurDemocracy. Today's focus: RESOURCES—FAQs, toolkits & orgs to help you fight back. www.la-cac.org/resources @librarianjones.com @uabookbans.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Congratulations to my friend @librarianjones.com who has endured so much because she decided to stand up.
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Very excited to announce the release of my poetry chapbook, There Is No Why: New Fairy Tales from Dancing Girl Press. Support the vital work of small, independent presses and get your copy! (It would also make me very happy.) #dancinggirlpress #poetryofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetry
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
One day there will be an accounting. For all of this. "When universities permit political or financial interests to muzzle scholars, they betray their core mission: the free pursuit of knowledge. Academic freedom is not a luxury — it is the very bedrock of institutional integrity."
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One researcher's brave stand in the urgent defense of academic freedom • Louisiana Illuminator
Academic institutions exist to challenge the status quo, not protect it. Tulane has the opportunity to reaffirm that mission. It must not squander it.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🚨FINDINGS FROM MY REPORTING🚨 CFNL is like a lot of Christian Nationalist groups, in that they seem homegrown, but really, they aren't. The founders of this group are connected. One prominent connection is Louisiana US House Rep Clay Higgins. He wants publicly funded church libraries. 🧵
Clay Higgins standing in front of a Citizens for a New Louisiana signOver time, American communities will build beautiful, church-owned public-access libraries. I’m going to help these churches get funding. We will change the whole public library paradigm. The libraries regular Americans recall are gone.

The libraries regular Americans recall are gone. They've become liberal grooming centers. GOP rep suggests replacing libraries with ‘church-owned’ alternatives
One House Republican not only condemned public libraries, he suggested they be replaced with “church-owned” alternatives.

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Fuck it I'm shooting my shot: If my journalism, tiktok video essays, festival and university panel talks, solo events, role as president/ board member of @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social etc. has impacted you in a positive way, maybe nominate me for NOLA 40 under 40.🤷‍♂️ www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Gambit's 2025 40 Under 40 nominations are now open!
Gambit recognizes the do-gooders and over-achievers of New Orleans in our annual 40 Under 40. But first we need nominations for our class of 2025.
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION 🚨 “Soft targets” That’s how CFNL refers to institutions like library boards, because they are easy to takeover. And that’s what they’ve tried to do, and they’ve tried to do it quietly. So I’ve spent the last year investigating them. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/citi...
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Citizen Pain - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
In February 2023, a private detective was on a mission to find where Livingston Parish librarians were stashing their porn. He was hired to do so by parish Councilman Garry Talbert—who was running for...
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
They died fighting fascism. All you have to do is speak up against it. #DDay81
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
He has a name folks. Be sure to push the America Party to all the MAGAs on Team Elon.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 06/06/2025
Even if you **think** you know what's behind the attacks on #libraries in #Louisiana, read this report. It's all here - the connections, the influence peddling, the bullying of #librarians - with receipts. This wasn't genuine concern about book content; it was a coordinated, professional campaign.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 24/03/2025
Want to do something? Fill out our form EVERY DAY and let your #louisiana legislators know we DO NOT want to see our #libraries' funding slashed. actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
NOT A DRAG QUEEN
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Love this. And good point!
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Last night I got to meet one of my heroes! So thankful for the opportunity to welcome @robertmannbooks.com to our community & hear his thoughts on free speech and the importance of speaking out. Huge thanks to UL GLASS for partnering with us & to Dr. Philip Auter for leading an amazing discussion.
Lynette Mejia and Robert Mann. Philip Auter and Robert Mann in conversation. Philip Auter and Robert Mann in conversation.
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Last month I spoke with the Southern Poverty Law Center about book bans across our state & their direct impact on my community. Democracy begins with the freedom of expression; if you want to protect the Constitution, start there. These attacks are not random.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 18/03/2025
Louisiana will likely torture & kill Jessie Hoffman today. That he had an all-white jury deserves far more attention. The death penalty here is fueled by racism. No white person has been executed in Louisiana for a crime against a Black victim since 1752. robertmann.substack.com/p/a-killing-...
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A killing machine fueled by racism
Gov. Jeff Landry wants to start executing death row inmates again
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“I never thought the leopards would eat MY face,” says the man who gave the leopards absolute immunity from criminal prosecution.
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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 14/02/2025
Happy to see justice done for one of #lafayettela's #library advocates, though it's ridiculous he's had to live under the shadow of this unlawful arrest for three years. And yes, Robert Judge remains on the board. www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new...
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Disturbing the peace charge dropped against Lafayette LGBTQ activist
"I just don't see where he disturbed the peace," the judge said. "It was an open public meeting. He had a right to speak."
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
It’s difficult to overstate the misogyny driving this administration. Histories of sexual assault among the staff are a feature not a bug for a reason.
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
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Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.
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Meagan Hatcher-Mays @importantmeagan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Congressional Democrats should remember that their base will absolutely hold them accountable for their inaction right now, while the slim slice of voters who actually care about “reaching across the aisle” won’t pay attention to the news until October 2026 at the earliest
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It’s now the official policy of the US government to wage a trade war against Canada until it can be annexed www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/02/its-...
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It's now the official policy of the US government to wage a trade war against Canada until it can be annexed - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The executive branch is in the hands of a demented lunatic and his drug-addled Nazi Svengali. Congress is controlled by the cult of personality headed by said demented lunatic. The courts are our Obi-...
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Short 🧵: We're all on here freaking the fuck out about the active & ongoing takeover of our government, and yeah, I get it, this is way worse than even WE thought it would be.
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Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Last week the Montgomery County (TX) Commissioners Court voted to place an elected county judge - Mark Keough- in charge of the public library system. Keough immediately terminated the Library Director Rhea Young. www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...
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Montgomery County Commissioners Court Puts Politics Above Public Interest
Judge Mark Keough- voted by fellow commissioners to lead the Montgomery County Memorial Public Library System- immediately fires Library Director Rhea Young.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 02/02/2025
🧵: I count myself among those frustrated with congressional Democrats’ inaction, but not because they aren’t using their parliamentary tools. Those tools have limited value. Using them without effect may only reinforce their official powerlessness. 1/10
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Want to do a good deed today? Shop your local independent bookstore today! Thank you @chbbookstore.bsky.social for the cool swag, cool selection, and amazing customer service!
Three books lying on a table - Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, Kindred, and Onyx Storm. A small bag with an Onyx Storm sticker and pin.
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I'll admit I didn't have "Park Rangers leading the resistance" on my 2025 bingo card, but I'm 100% here for it. If you aren't following this account, you should be.
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yes. I see this every day.
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Local far-right take an L in Louisiana, after the entirety of a extremist-led library board was fired! The parish council was tired of the controversy, so canned ‘em. There wouldn’t be a “controversy” if local folks weren’t showing up and raising hell over their book ban attempts! (Short 🧵 )
Headline:

Livingston Parish Council to its entire library board: You're fired
BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD | Staff writerJan 10, 2025
4 min to read
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
As an advocate for #libraries and a defender of #books, I can tell you this work is hard. There are days when I question what the hell I'm doing; when I'm staring down the windmill & my work seems pointless. Then I remember what's at stake.🧵
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2025
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 17/01/2025
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
This is obscene.
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Lynette Mejia @carinthia.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Color me surprised - Landry and the legislature gave corporations big tax cuts and passed that burden along to us. When are people going to wake up and realize Republicans are lying when they say they will cut our taxes?? This is nothing but a shell game, and we lose every time.
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