A “big shock”: the children’s book by Julianne Moore under review by the Trump administration | Books

Julianne Moore said that it was a “big shock” to learn that one of his books had been “prohibited by the Trump administration” of schools to the service of American military staff and civil defense employees .

The Boogie Nights and Mary & George Star wrote that she was “really saddened” by the news in a Instagram post Sunday.

Last Monday, the Ministry of Defense circulated a memo indicating that it examines the library books “potentially linked to gender ideology or to subjects of ideology of discriminatory equity”. After access to all library books has been suspended for a week for an exam, a “small number of articles” has been identified and was kept for a “more in-depth review,” he said .

Moore’s freckle strawberry, a story about a girl who does not like her freckles but learns to live with them, is one of the books taken in the cover, according to a list obtained by The Guardian. However, it is not known whether the title was selected for a more in -depth examination or for the withdrawal.

“This is a book that I wrote for my children and other children to remind them that we all have trouble, but that we are united by our humanity and our community,” said Moore.

The examination of library books is part of an examination of all “educational resources”, according to the Department of Defense, to verify that its schools are aligned with Trump’s recent decrees Put an end to radical indoctrination in kindergarten in the 12th year And Defend women against extremism of gender ideology.

Moore, who won an Oscar in 2015 for Still Alice, said that she was “particularly amazed” by the news because she is a “proud graduate” of the Frankfurt American School, now closed, exploited by the Department of Defense, adding that she was the father is a veteran in Vietnam and has spent her career in the American army.

“I couldn’t be more proud of him and his service to our country. It is exasperating to me to realize that children like me, to grow with a parent in the service and attend a school (from the Ministry of Defense), will not have access to a book written by someone whose experience of life is so similar to theirs. And I can’t help but ask myself what is so controversial in this book of images which made it prohibit by the American government. »»

The other books that are part of the “compliance review” include No Truth Without Ruth from Kathleen Krull, about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to sit at the United States Supreme Court. The books deleted from the library shelves were moved to “the professional collection for evaluation with limited access to professional staff”.

“I am really saddened and I never thought that I would see this in a country where freedom of expression and expression is a constitutional right,” added Moore.