In her time as a Texas school librarian, Carolyn Foote watched the image of her profession veer from “shrinking violets behind spectacles” cataloging titles to “pedophiles and groomers” out to
Conservatives vilify school librarians as "groomers and pedophiles" for stocking LGBTQ and racially themed books. "We have been cursed," said one librarian.
Some groups are new, some are longstanding. Some are local, others national. Over the past two years, they have become vastly more organized, well funded, effective and criticized.