No Cap: Alberta Schools Be Trippin' with the Book Ban 📚🚫
Margaret Atwood comments on 'The Handmaid's Tale' Alberta book ban. Alberta schools are straight-up wildin', yanking books with spicy scenes. "The Handmaid's Tale" got the boot, and Margaret Atwood clapped back with a whole short story diss track. Premier's like, "They overreacted, fr."
TL:DR
Alberta schools are straight-up wildin', yanking books with spicy scenes. "The Handmaid's Tale" got the boot, and Margaret Atwood clapped back with a whole short story diss track. Premier's like, "They overreacted, fr."
The Deets
Okay, so boom. Alberta's got new rules for school libraries, basically saying anything with, like, super explicit stuff has gotta go, no exceptions. Deadline was October 1st, and schools were like, "Bet."
Now, "The Handmaid's Tale," that iconic book by Margaret Atwood? It's on the yeet list. Over 200 books, actually. Mad sus, right?
But here's where it gets spicy. Margaret Atwood saw what was up and dropped a whole satirical short story online as a response. She's not playing, fam. She went straight for the throat with the satire, clowning on the whole censorship vibe.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was like, "Nah, Edmonton Public School Board did too much. They lowkey overreacted." So, sounds like even the government thinks they went overboard.💀
And it's not just "The Handmaid's Tale." We're talkin' classics getting Thanos snapped. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," "1984," "The Color Purple," "Brave New World"—gone. Like, what even is school anymore?
Other books on the chopping block? Books by Alice Munro and Ayn Rand, the *Outlander* series, and *Game of Thrones* books. It's a whole mess.
Abbreviations Glossary
| Abbreviation | Full Form |
|---|---|
| No Cap | No Lie |
| Trippin' | Acting crazy or irrational |
| Spicy | Interesting, controversial |
| Yeet | To throw or remove with force |
| Mad Sus | Very Suspicious |
| Fam | Friend |
| Lowkey | Slightly, subtly |
| 💀 | I'm dead (Laughing) |