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      I had the exact same thought. I think the map would work way better if states without ban had a significantly lighter shade of grey (or even white)

      As is the ones with 1-10 bans stand out by far the most due to the red being so bright (would need to be a bit more desaturated like the others). And the worse offenders are harder to see against the dark grey.

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        To add, there are palettes available online that work well even for most colorblind people

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        Yeah. This feels like someone looked at the uncolored map and decided it wasn’t depressing enough, and switched to gray for states without bans.

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      I like that 0 is very distinct, because they should stand out… But everything else should really be a gradient between two colors, and neither of them should be black when zero is grey…

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    This looks like a recommendation list for teenagers, kind of how we looked for CDs that had the “parent advisory” sticker.

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      Reading any ACOTAR (a court of mist and fury, listed above) is such an enormous waste of time though.

      Like if you want to enjoy some smut go for it but it’s really devoid of any merit besides being erotic.

      Claiming you’re reading when it’s actually ACOTAR is like saying you’re watching cinema when it’s Backdoor Sluts 8.

      You might be right technically but nobody would agree with you.

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    When I went to school they hung up posters telling us to read banned books. Now my state is book ban crazy. Apparently 2022 is very out of date.

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    What have they done to New Jersey?? New Jersey, I’m so sorry they like, whamjangled your entire shape!!

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    Making grey 0, black the highest and intense red the lowest above 0 is a weird palette choice

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    It’s a shame to see Gender Queer on there. I read it for my university class on comic art and thought it was really interesting. I would probably say it’s more of an adult book, but I think just about all the books I read for high school English were adult books.

    The author is really cool too. When the covid lockdown happened my professor emailed them asking if there were any digital options for the book, since a lot of students relied on the local library or might have left their copies in their dorms. They sent my professor a pirated link and gave permission for us to use it.

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    I’d take this with a healthy dose of salt. For instance The State of Wyoming has no laws banning any books. Certain School Districts and Public libraries have guidance regarding books they see as controversial but there is no STATE law about them.

    I’m sure other States are being simarily misrepresented.

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    These Øs make it read like the subtitles to the intro for Monty Python and the Holy Grail