These banned books and how many people send in their criticisms and observations about them. it is been a fun year and a half, and to have it as a podcast is pretty exciting. one of the things interesting we talk about the start of the 16 19 project, i feel like we have seen an alteration of the trajectory. a lot of it beginning was about race, the history of race in america, critical race theory, the backlash against it. it quickly moved into sexuality and gender. exactly right. almost with a head snapping speed, which is now where most of the focus appears to be. correct. am i right? yes. and you don t have to do anything to get your book banned. if you write a book about a queer young person, there s a good chance it s gonna get band. if you happen to be a person of color writing their, books is a better chance there will be banned. and if there s any chance of sexual assault which by the way happens to a lot of young people in school, that is also going to get you ban