Moms Into Literary Freedom

Butterfly in the sky…I’d like to see a &@#*$ try! Don’t mess with Levar Burton! In this episode, Jennifer and Courtney discuss how the rest of the world views Moms for Liberty…Including Oprah and Levar Burton!  Join your hosts as they share the “steamy” scene from “Storm and Fury” by Jennifer Armentrout and reveal how one “mom” used a minor–without their parental consent–to try and get this bo...

Moms for Liberty is at it again! In this preview episode, Jennifer and Courtney cover the mom's latest shenanigans in trying to get yet another media specialist fired for yet another book. This time, the book is "Storm and Fury" by Jennifer Armentrout. This highly-reviewed young adult novel caused a school board candidate and Moms for Liberty member, Jennifer Tapley, to try and file a police repor...

Just in time for Halloween and the Chief’s football season (thank you, Taylor), Jennifer and Courtney cover a charming graphic novel written by Rainbow Rowell and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks about a budding romance in a pumpkin patch! Pumpkin Heads follows Josiah and Deja through their expansive pumpkin patch full of fun fall activities like caramel apple stands, hungry goats, and hay rides. T...

Just in time to close out Hispanic Heritage month, Jennifer and Courtney cover the widely banned book Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez. Regarded as anal pornography by an angry Texan “mom-for-liberty”, Out of Darkness is actually a Romeo and Juliet inspired love story between a Mexican-American girl and an African-American boy at the time of the 1937 Texas school explosion. Tune in to find out...

Well folks, this JR episode had to be dubbed…Jennifer and Courtney did their best but had a few minor slip ups that had to be dubbed over with fun words like “hot dog” and “meatball”.  Nonetheless, they successfully made it through another JR episode that is “safe” to listen to with little ears around. This book covers “My Shadow is Purple” by Scott Stuart and the teacher who lost her job for brav...

Jennifer and Courtney are back with a new lewk! Don't worry, they are still dishing out their strongly-opinionated reviews on banned and challenged books with a side of snark. This episode features "Stamped (for Kids)" by Sonja Cherry-Paul, Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi which seemed approproate considering Florida's attempt to silence Black and Brown voices through the removal of AP African Ameri...

It’s movie season! Jennifer and Courtney are excited about this summer’s box office hits…Barbie, Oppenheimer, and…The Sound of Freedom? Join them as they discuss what has movie-goers all in a tizzy ranging from female empowerment to an inaccurate portrayal of human trafficking produced by antisemitic conspiracy theorists. With a ntisemitic incidents on the rise and anti-student inclusion organizat...

Welcome back to “Moms for Book Liberty”! In today’s episode, Courtney and Jennifer are exploring “Melissa” by Alex Gino , a wonderful and wholesome chapter book about friendship and acceptance. While this book is considered a “junior” book and is recommended for anyone 8 and up, this episode is NOT a “junior” episode! Courtney and Jennifer don’t hold back as they expose the archaic backwardness of...

This week Jennifer and Courtney celebrate the 54th Aniversary of the Stonewall Riots with the review of "Heather Has Two Mommies" by Lesléa Newman and delve into the ever-charming Berenstain Bears, a family with Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Brother Bear, and Sister Bear. These lovable creatures teach timeless lessons but with Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, are the Berenstein Bears...dare we say...WOKE? ...

Happy Juneteenth from your hosts, Jennifer and Courtney! How did a woman who didn't even know who wrote this beautiful inaugural poem manage to restrict it from Miami elementary school students? Join your hosts as they discuss the censorship that resulted in Moms for Liberty’s website being hacked by none other than the Anonymous Hacktivist group. Jennifer and Courtney investigate what on Earth co...

Welcome back as Jennifer and Courtney continue celebrating Pride month by reviewing two award-winning, beautifully illustrated graphic novels: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe and Flamer by Mike Curato .  Join your hosts as they explore the science behind men having nipples and how our brains can become feminine or masculine before our “gender” is even determined! And of course this wouldn’t be a “Moms...

It's Pride Month, and love is in the air! And what better way to kick it off than with a fabulous podcast episode where Jennifer and Courtney dive into a book that apparently holds the mystical power to turn kids gay—yes, you heard that right! Join our dynamic duo as they don their rainbow-colored capes of truth to dissect how a book about penguins in love got banned in Escambia County, Flori-duh....

Welcome back to Courtney and Jennifer's final review of "The Nowhere Girls" by Amy Reed. If you like spoilers and hate sexism, then this episode was made for you! But don't worry, even though Courtney and Jennifer spoil parts of this wonderful book, there is still so much left uncovered, so get yourself a copy of this empowering book and share it far and wide. Tune in to hear Jennifer and Courtney...

Courtney and Jennifer are back and have A LOT to say. So much that they had to break this book up into TWO epsiodes! Join them in part one where they relate real-life human garbage, Andrew Tate (former kickboxer currently under house arrest for rape and human trafficking), to the ultimate villain in Amy Reed's "The Nowhere Girls". "The Nowhere Girls" has been more than challenged in Courtney and J...

It's national "Right to Read" Day and Courtney and Jennifer are back with a "junior" version of their show where they discuss challenged picture books! This episode reviews the picture book "Chik Chak Shabbat" by Mara Rockliff and you wouldn't believe the scandal it covers...FOOD. That's right, this challenged book is about food. Grab your kids and join Jennifer and Courtney as they try and figure...

Wayfair conspiracies, risqué Bible passages, and the NAACP's recent advisory against travelling to Florida find their way into the latest episode of "Moms for Book Liberty" where your hosts, Courtney and Jennifer, discuss the book "Sold" by Patricia McCormick, a harrowing story of a 12 year old Nepalese girl sold into sex trafficking.  Sources: The 8 kinkiest passages of the Bible | Salon.com 100-...

Join us for our first episode where we discuss the "pornographic" book that started the cascade of censorship in a Florida community: "All Boys Aren't Blue" by Geroge M. Johnson. Buy a copy here: ‎All Boys Aren't Blue on Apple Books Courtney and Jennifer, two moms against censorship, recall the student-led protest in adovcacy for this book that was met by rage-filled, cos-playing, GI Joe anti-prot...