Radnor is a suburb of foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia, straddling Delaware and Montgomery Counties, about 13 miles west of the city and part of the “Main Line” suburbs. Both were carried by then Vice President Kamala Harris Emhoff, by slightly over 60% of the vote, but slightly lower margins than the Democrats won in 2020. I expect the opinion columnists at The Philadelphia Inquirer to be outraged by this:

Radnor bans three books in response to a parent’s challenge, including ‘Gender Queer’

An ad hoc committee convened by Radnor’s superintendent reviewed three books, and determined by a 5-1 vote that the challenged books “are not age-appropriate for students.”

by Maddie Hanna | Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 2:01 PM EST

Radnor High School has removed three books from its library, including Gender Queer and another LGBTQ-themed book, after a parent alleged they contained child pornography.

An ad hoc committee convened by Radnor’s superintendent reviewed three books, which also included Fun Home and Blankets, and determined by a 5-1 vote that the challenged books “are not age-appropriate for our students,” said Radnor spokesperson Theji Brennan. The books — all autobiographical graphic novels — were removed Friday, she said.

Brennan did not name the members of the committee, but said they included an administrator, a principal, a librarian, a school board member, a classroom teacher in the subject area, and a parent, as specified by Radnor’s library policy.

The committee members “were asked to sign confidentiality agreements to safeguard their anonymity, ensuring they could speak openly and candidly about the challenged books without fear of retribution or external criticism,” Brennan said, adding that members “may share their participation on the committee if they so choose.”

So, what are these books? Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is a “graphic novel” — meaning: a comic book — telling readers about her journey to becoming “non-binary.” Anyone who uses “e/em/eir pronouns” is an idiot who should not be taken seriously, and Miss Kobabe is pushing a harmful ideology on readers. Interestingly enough, reporter Maddie Hanna told us, in her final paragraph, that:

the committee noted that Gender Queer had been in the library for six years and had never been checked out by a student, “except for the time it was checked out to be challenged.” Blankets, meanwhile, has not been checked out by a student since 2022

I looked at the Amazon descriptions of the three books named, and they are all “graphic novels” about sexual themes, albeit Blankets was normal rather than homosexual in nature. But the fact that I could find them on Amazon tells us the truth: even once removed from the high school library, anyone who wants to read the silly things can purchase them from Jeff Bezos! The public school library doesn’t have to provide them.

School libraries, all libraries, have to take decisions on what materials to buy and carry; none have unlimited budgets and space. We’ll have some people combitching^[1]“Combitch” and its other forms are Picoisms, the etymology of which should be obvious, and I absolutely encourage other people to use them. about censorship and banning books, but the removal of these materials from a public school library neither censors nor bans them; it simply states that the public school, an institution which has a legally captive audience, will not continue to provide them.

In related news, 21-year-old Camden Schriner, a male who claims to be a girl and calling himself “Sadie”, won two USA Track and Field (USTFA) Open Masters Championships on Saturday:

Schriener was scheduled to race against 17-year-old Anna Vidolova and 16-year-old Amaris Hiatt in the 400-meter dash (the event was held in New York). However, both of these girls courageously decided to not race against the transgender athlete, and they forfeited the race.

Schreiner didn’t stop there. Schreiner also raced 200-meter dash, winning first place over four teenagers:

• 14-year-old runner-up Zwange Edwards
• 16-year-old third-place finisher Zariah Hargrove
• 15-year-old Leah Walker
• 18-year-old Ainsley Rausch

A sensible person would think that a ‘transgender’ individual, one who really wants to be accepted as a member of the sex he claims to be, wouldn’t be participating in events which demonstrate the differences between ‘transgender girls’ and real girls, but Mr Schreiner isn’t exactly the most sensible person around.

It gets worse. A sensible person would think that someone in Mr Schreiner’s position would have declined to run alone in the 400-meter dash, out of a sense of shame, but let’s face it: the ‘transgendered’ are essentially shameless.