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lurker-no-more · 4 months
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Gonna be singing this (and this) all night.
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allmyandroids · 5 months
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here he comes
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fans4wga · 7 months
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“Star Trek” star LEVAR BURTON shares a message to studio executives while picketing Paramount Studios (September 8, 2023).
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nudityandnerdery · 28 days
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Hell yeah!
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blondie-drawings · 3 months
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GIVE HIM A COCKTAIL AND GET HIM OFF THAT FUCKING SHIP
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demonsandpieohmy · 7 months
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Priorities
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thechanelmuse · 4 months
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I was today years old. That is disgusting.
No Child Left Behind is one of the worst things to ever be incentivized in schools. It was signed into law when I was 14. Reading Rainbow was my show as a kid. LeVar Burton played a big part in why I became an avid reader to date. The joy of it. It's an adventure around the globe and through different time periods without stepping on a plane or time machine.
Children parrot behavior. In grade school, I always wanted to read the same amount of books as my teachers (50 books) and managed to double that each year. Before No Child Left Behind, book fairs and Scholastic catalogs were a serious matter like your grandma's Fingerhut catalogs. Libraries were (and still are) a wonderland.
Reading comprehension and proficiency in schools has been declining for decades. A crisis. The joy of books isn't pushed anymore and I'm always saddened by it. It's one of the reasons why I post my book reviews and recommendations on here, as well as posts from others to encourage reading and (novel) writing. Kids will parrot your behavior while the education system sadly fails to return as that example.
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ebookporn · 4 months
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LeVar Burton Is Still Fighting For Your Right to Read
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In an age of unprecedented book bans, the actor and literacy advocate is going to the mat for the freedom to read. "America loves to live in the shadows," he says, "but we're living in an age when the truth wants to come out."
by Adrienne Westenfeld
Nearly two decades after PBS’s long-running series went off the air, the Reading Rainbow generation is all grown up. Their love of reading and knowledge is an enduring gift, courtesy of host LeVar Burton and the show’s producers—but in an age of unprecedented assaults on the freedom to read, what’s to become of today’s young readers in the making? As ever, Burton is looking out for them. The actor and literacy advocate recently served as the honorary chair of Banned Books Week, an annual October event dedicated to raising awareness about attempts to remove reading materials from libraries, schools, and bookstores. Now, he’s making his second appearance as the host of the National Book Awards, where “censorship” will no doubt be the word on every honoree’s lips. “I've put in work in this field; I've put in time on these issues,” Burton told Esquire. “I'm happy to be the face of it and represent it, because these are matters that I care deeply about.”
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Great interview, worth the read.
"The whole idea of Americans being in control of their own bodies, their own minds, and their own destinies is a political issue, which is weird, given the fundamental underpinnings of the creation of this nation. But here we are, having this conversation about bodily autonomy, what kids should read, and what we should think. For me, it's a fight worth fighting. It's not only a conversation worth having. It's a fight worth fighting... The fight for reproductive freedom is tied to the effort to ban books. They're definitely linked. What we're looking at is authoritarian control, and that's just not part of the charter."
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overseer-picard · 10 months
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There they are
the boyest of bands
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sleepynegress · 22 days
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BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY trailer A documentary about LeVar Burton's Reading Rainbow
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peachvelvets · 6 months
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I love this clip of levar talking about data and geordi's relationship so much...
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ovenproofowl · 7 months
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BRENT SPINER & LEVAR BURTON in PICARD SEASON 3 GAG REEL
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trekcore · 1 year
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evviejo · 2 months
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - S4E20 Qpid
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blondie-drawings · 3 months
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CAPTAIN!! THEY'RE KISSING IN THE JEFFERIES TUBES AGAIN
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hadeswearsprada · 1 year
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STAR TREK Picard The Gang is back on the Enterprise
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