PAW Prints: Parental Advisory Warning for Books

My name is Stacy Langton and I’m a mother of six children, two at Fairfax High School. I went before the school board in Fairfax County in September of 2021 to alert parents and the public that there are graphic, s3xually explicit books that contain p0rnographic images and written descriptions of s3x—s3x between two children, and even between an adult and child, otherwise known as pedophilia.

My speech started a national conversation on the s3xualization and indoctrination of our children in public schools, and raised the anger of parents which helped to elect Glenn Youngkin.  I have since appeared before the school board meeting at least a half dozen times and have exposed four more p0rnographic books. 

It is with gratitude that I acknowledge the passage of SB 656 last session, a bill which was brought forward by Senator Dunnavant, which requires parental notification and the ability for students to opt out of any s3xually explicit classroom assignments. I thank the members who crossed the aisle to pass this bill. While it is a good start, it unfortunately does not address s3xually explicit books that are still on the shelves of school libraries.

School libraries are not a place where students have any parental supervision to guide their choices. There are books in our school libraries that are not appropriate for minors under the age of eighteen.

Therefore, I have created a label that I seek to have placed on all such books in our school libraries. I call the label PAW Prints. The acronym stands for Parental Advisory Warning. The purpose is to provide a visual warning to parents that there are things inside the pages that are not suitable for minor children. I’ve asked Senator Amanda Chase to introduce the PAW Prints bill during the new session. 

I modeled PAW Prints after the Parental Advisory Warning label made by Tipper Gore in the late 80’s. They were put on music albums that had p0rnographic cover illustrations and s3xually explicit lyrics to warn parents about what their children were listening to. They are still in use to this day. We now have warning labels on the products of all things in the entertainment industry such as video games, films, and television programs. Books are entertainment and should be no different. 

P0rnographic and explicit descriptions of s3x are offensive to common decency in all societies. It makes people uncomfortable and they look away rightly when confronted with it. No one enjoys having their child exposed to such things. In fact, exposure without their knowledge is actually a crime under the law. 

Not all school districts have removed these types of books. Some have inexplicably chosen to keep them in the libraries. We need to do something to give parents a bare minimum of notification. Parents have the right to be notified and to have a say in what their child is exposed to. 

Sometimes, it is impossible to judge a book by its cover. I don’t think anyone would have guessed at the x-rated pictures inside the book Gender Queer just by looking at its cover. The PAW Prints label would give parents that notification. 

Thank you for your support of the PAW Prints bill.

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Watch Stacy Langton speak the above speech here:

Here's more about PAW Prints:

Minock, Nick. “Virginia Republicans Push for ‘Parental Advisory Warning’ Labels on School Library Books.” WJLA, September 5, 2022. https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/virginia-republicans-push-for-parental-advisory-warning-labels-on-school-books-gender-queer-fairfax-county-public-schools-libraries-sexual-imagery-ghazala-hashmi.

Nightingale, Hannah. “CPAC: Parents, GOP Reps Speak Out Against CRT Indoctrination.” The Post Millennial, February 25, 2022. https://thepostmillennial.com/cpac-parents-gop-reps-speak-out-against-crt-indoctrination.

Here's expected opposition from the librarians themselves, given this past opposition to book labels:

ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. “Labeling and Rating Systems Q&A.” Text. American Library Association, May 29, 2007. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/labelingratingqa.

Bertin, Joan E. (NCAC), Christopher M. Finan (ABFFE), Barbara M. Jones (ALA), Richard M. Long (IRA), Judith Platt (AAP), Larry Siems (PEN American), Kent Williamson (NCTE), Lin Oliver (SCBWI), and Paul Aiken (Authors Guild). “Parental Warning: Books Are Dangerous. Here’s How to Protect Your Kids from Subversive Ideas.” National Coalition Against Censorship (blog), June 22, 2010. https://ncac.org/incident/parental-warning-books-are-dangerous-heres-how-to-protect-your-kids-from-subversive-ideas.

American Library Association. “YALSA Board of Directors Meeting via Conference Call August 29 2013.” American Library Association, August 29, 2013. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8sytqvlo3asbint/YALSA-IFreportAug2013.pdf?dl=0.

That latter reference from YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association, part of ALA) reveals American Library Association actively censors and blacklists Common Sense Media for daring to provide ratings for parents that include the amount and type of s3xual activity in books.  So some of the opposition expected from librarians is secret, silent censorship, even blacklisting, precisely to keep parents in the dark.  They will tell you you cannot use PAW Prints book labels because it violates the First Amendment (it doesn't) and the Library Bill of Rights (an aspirational creed that has no legal significance, see "Library Bill of Rights Means 'Nothing': Berry v. Yosemite Community College District"), while they censor and blacklist Common Sense Media book ratings.

Worse, American Library Association says book decisions should be left to librarians who are specially trained to make such decisions and Booklist provides the best ratings guide:

Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association since 1905, and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to.

American Library Association. “LibGuides: Marketing to Libraries: Reviews as a Selection Tool.” ALA LibGuides. Accessed June 29, 2023. https://libguides.ala.org/marketing-to-libraries/reviews.

Well, as I have proven, Booklist encourages all librarians to not only silence parents complaining about school children reading s3xually inappropriate material, but also that they will overcome all book challenges.  "Librarians: Tougher than Your Challenge."  A source that trains people to silence and overcome parents is viewed as having the "most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to."  Do you see how grooming works?  You groom at every level, the child, the librarian, the parents, and the legislators.  So let's hope legislators read this post on PAW Prints and don't fall for the grooming.

Kleinman, Dan. “School Librarians Directly Attack Parents; Time to Remove All ALA Influence.” SafeLibraries® (blog), January 1, 2023. https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2023/01/school-librarians-directly-attack.html.

In summary, Stacy Langton announces her PAW Prints book label plan, and librarians will pounce saying book labels don't work, librarians are trained for this, and Booklist is the best source to help librarians decide what's best for children—the very source that has directly expressed its opposition to parents who challenge s3xually explicit material in schools.  Meanwhile, librarians play dirty pool, train each other to thwart parents, censor and blacklist book ratings that help parents, even violate the law just to keep parents in the dark about s3xually inappropriate books:

Kleinman, Dan. “School Librarians Train to Violate FOIA Law to Keep Parents In the Dark About S3xualizing Children.” SafeLibraries® (blog), December 5, 2022. https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2022/12/school-librarians-train-to-violate-foia.html.

Never trust nor believe librarians.  They are trained to lie.  They are trained to violate the law.  They are trained to "reframe" s3xually inappropriate material as "diversity" and "inclusion."  Legislators need to know they are being misled by library association members into allowing school librarians the power to continue to groom school children.  Do not give them that power.  If they have it, take it away.

SafeLibraries supports PAW Prints book labels as announced by Stacy Langton 100%.  It's at least a first step toward returning control of schools to local communities where it belongs.

Watch Stacy Langton explain the PAW Prints book labeling system at CPAC 2022 here with moderator Candace Owens:

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NOTE ADDED 12 JANUARY 2023:

The final video was added of Stacy Langton's appearance at CPAC 2022, and a few words were changed to ensure people know PAW Prints is a book labeling system, not a book ratings system, an important distinction.

NOTE ADDED 15 JANUARY 2023:

Today I noticed the following message: "This page was put behind a warning for readers because it contains sensitive content as outlined in Blogger’s Community Guidelines."  

People who fight against the s3xualization of children are regularly shadowbanned by Big Tech.  So I will have to go through this post and change words to satisfy the Big Tech shadowbanners.  This note is to advise of such changes.  These changes will make searching and finding this post all the harder since no one will look for the changes I'm forced to make to remove the warning for readers.  So fewer kids will be protected.  This is the goal of Big Tech, to silence people seeking to protect children from being s3xualized.  Then trolls move in and laugh that I have to change the language.  No, those trolls are not shadowbanned.

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