“The freedom to read doesn’t exist without the freedom to write — Malinda Lo”
https://www.malindalo.com/blog/2026/10/14/the-freedom-to-read
> The "freedom to read" implies that reading exists completely separately from writing, when in fact there would be nothing to read if authors didn't have the freedom to write.
(Last week was Banned Books Week, and some of the talks are now dropping as blog posts)
Baldur Bjarnason
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