TTU Banned Books
Texts that teachers at Texas Tech have been warned not to teach
created by osteen.olivia
last updated May, 2026
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This list is wild. And Iâm with @acidicchaos, this is definitely a shopping list đ€Ł I found some things I hadnât gotten around to adding in PB yet. I just canât believe they are banning books at all, let alone at college level đ€Šđ»ââïž
Omg agreed!! Also, I read Moby Dick in middle school. Why is it on this list??? The fact that there even is a banned list is crazy, but the choices on this particular list blow my mind
It really is baffling đ«
I do love that every time I see a banned books list it feels more like a shopping list for me haha. I would love to hear their "reasons" for why these books should be banned, because I feel like the majority of them are just selling points on the book to me haha Thank you for putting this list together!
+1, lol.
Texas reminding us why it's ass đ© cannot believe there is a banned book list in general FOR COLLEGE!!
FOR COLLEGE????
a 4 year public research university đ€Ą
đ§đ§đ§ So like... You can ban materials required in research???? That's a thing? What's going to happen to the literature course that uses foundational works like Romeo and Juliet and Beowulf. This is like a scientist tying both hands behind their back and working with their d*cks.
(Pardon me if I'm a little crass. Freshmen cover Romeo and Juliet before they even enter my classroom and I am DUMBFOUNDED.)
(no need to apologize, dumbing down the collegiate population is not a surprise and most of the people who go to this school don't need help but jesus christ)
I actually teach a whole unit on the Banning of Books to my sophomores and then read banned books đ
WTF is their problem with Romeo and Juliet?!
Or the Iliad and the Odyssey? Why these specifically? There are several classics on this list that I really would like to know their reasoning. How would you teach ancient civ without mentioning the Greek classics on this list?
I thought the same thing! Beowulf, The Iliad and the Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Moby Dick⊠really???
My first thought when I saw Romeo and Juliet was a big olâ âwhat are you doing here???â. I was absolutely baffled.
@alexz said it was cause in Act III, Romeo and Juliet have sex so đ€·ââïž
Oh boy. Alright, sure. đđ thatâs certainly a decision. Gotta protect the adults from the scary bed monster I guess đ€·đŒââïž
These are the same people that complain that professors infantilize college students by giving trigger warnings. Ugh so irritating!
Professors at TTU are not allowed to discuss why these books canât be taught. We do however know that itâs about not having class discussions about gender theory. Unfortunately I do think that this is just the beginning.
whatâand I can't stress this enoughâthe fuck is happening
Alll of these books are banned because of gender theory??? Is this due to transphobia? Jfc what is happening over there!!! I mean actually I can't comment, aus is getting to be that way... We recently had a publishing house cancel a book (that was already printed, so they pulped it) due to having the phrase 'from the river to the sea.' It was a kid's book by a First Nation's author about waterways and taking care of rivers and nature.
This state and its educational facilities find new ways to disappoint me every time I turn around đ.
Beowulf? Beowulf is on this list?!?
lies down in existential crisis
Right there with you Stares at sky
sigh... i hate living in texas đđđđđ
I'd be curious to see the reason behind some of these bans. Because quite a few I never would have expected.
I love when bookstores have banned books lists and my kids and I go around saying how many of them we've read but I hate that they're even a thing
Beowulf is crazy. How are you supposed to do british lit without beowulf??????
Well I have a new list of books to read!
Pachinko??!!! Is that because there is a total of like one (1) gay scene?
Probably đ
Not America and books being banned in general is an atrocious concept, but some of the books here are just... so widely known and don't even include any intersectionality in a meaningful (or modern) sense. Romeo and Juliet, Beowulf, The Odyssey... good god.
