Status Updates From Ollie in Between

"I think kids' books give you happy endings because it's the only place you'll ever get them. And, really, at least a book gets to pick its ending. My life will just keep going..... I'm not saying life can't be happy, just that it can't be happily ever after."

"Did you know that some people think just putting books with queer characters into schools will make kids queer? If being a boy or a girl is so built into us at birth - if it's not something we learn from everyone around us - then what are a few books going to do to change that? I don't think you can make anyone into anything unless the pieces were there to start with."

"Feminism is being exactly who you want to be because you want it for yourself. Not being something for someone else. Or society."

"A lot of the most banned books for kids are about things like racial injustice and, you guessed it, gender identity and sexuality."

Oh the irony, since I'm reading this for a challenge.