When Moms For Liberty attacks libraries with demands to ban books about MLK Jr and age-appropriate sex education, and claims that librarians are grooming their children into the trans agenda, they’re enacting the worst forms of neo-fascist bullying. But they’re also paradoxically defending a troubled American legacy against a librarian culture attempting to course-correct towards greater inclusion.To discuss this problem, Matthew talks to Heath Umbreit, a reference librarian who works at a public library in the northeastern U.S. Mis- and disinformation has been a professional and personal interest of theirs for several years; Heath's study of the phenomenon focuses on a critical examination of popular narratives about disinformation, the concept of epistemic supremacy, and the ways in which information and disinformation intersect with systemic power differentials in American society.<h3>Show Notes</h3>Derek gives the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWnHfrC8WSY">Keynote Address at the 2023 Oregon Library Association's Annual Conference</a><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill">Library Bill of Rights | Advocacy, Legislation & Issues</a> <a href="https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/state/2023/04/18/book-ban-censorship-pushback-teens-authors-pennsylvania-central-bucks-policy/70115924007/">Students, authors fight censorship in PA schools</a> Kuo & Marwick, "<a href="https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/critical-disinformation-studies-history-power-and-politics/">Critical Disinformation Studies</a>"Morales & Williams, "<a href="https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/5114/chapter/3075316/Moving-toward-Transformative-Librarianship-Naming">Moving Toward Transformative Librarianship: Naming and Identifying Epistemic Supremacy</a>"danah boyd, "<a href="https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2018/03/09/you-think-you-want-media-literacy-do-you.html">You Think You Want Media Literacy... Do You?</a>"PEN America, <a href="https://pen.org/report/banned-in-the-usa-state-laws-supercharge-book-suppression-in-schools/">2023 Banned Books Update: Banned in the USA</a>Kelly Jensen, <a href="https://bookriot.com/library-trauma-resource-guide/">Trauma, Book Bans, and Libraries: A Resource Guide for Library Workers, Library Supporters, and Beyond</a>Kristen Browde, <a href="https://www.whoismakingnews.com/">Who's Making News for Sex Crimes Involving Children?</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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201: Librarians Are Not Groomers (w/Heath Umbreit)

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