Hi, I'm Jasmine, one of the hosts of the Suburban Women Problem. For the next few weeks,

we're sharing season two of our limited series, The Cost of Extremism. Extremists across the

country are attacking our freedoms, and kids and families are paying the price. This five-episode

series will take a deep dive into crisis pregnancy centers, book b, and the crunchy mom to alt-right pipeline and more.

Rachel, Amanda, and I will be back after our spring break, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoyed this investigation into the true cost of extremism.

Extremists across the country are attacking our freedoms, and kids and families are paying the price.

Book bands have taken over throughout the country.

We started tracking and counting all these instances of book bands and could see a really clear trend,

the way in which books that include LGBTQ plus characters, characters of color,

were being overwhelmingly targeted for removals.

So my books have been banned in a lot of different states.

There is damage done when children in a classroom are not permitted to see themselves reflected

in the books they're told that

they have to read.

This is the cost of extremism.

Season 2, Episode 2, the growing movement to ban books.

Only a few years ago, book banning seemed like something you would read in a history textbook.

We grew up reading books like Fahrenheit 451, which warned us about the dangers of censorship.

But somewhere along the way, students' freedom to read has come under attack by right-wing extremists. This prohibits our kids

from fully exploring the world and its vast ideas and diverse perspectives. It's hindering their

growth and critical thinking, while simultaneously telling people that their identities are

shameful and unworthy of being seen in literature.

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