Julianne Moore says she’s in ‘shock’ after her book is ‘banned’ by Donald Trump administration

Oscar-winning star Julianne Moore said that her book, Freckleface Strawberry, has been banned by the Donald Trump-led administration from schools running under the Department of Defense.

Moore recently took to Instagram and stated that she was in shock over the decision.

Julianne Moore’s Instagram post

In a lengthy post, Moore said that it was a “great shock for me to learn that my first book, Freckleface Strawberry, has been banned by the Trump Administration from schools run by the Department of Defense.”


Moore said she was "stunned" at the decision since she is a "proud" graduate from the Frankfurt American High School. Her father was a Vietnam veteran and spent his career in the US Army.

She went on to add that it was "galling" to find out that children like her, who have grown up with a parent in the service, will not have access to the book. Also, she wondered what was so controversial about the book that it was “banned by the US government.”

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"I am truly saddened and never thought I would see this in a country where freedom of speech and expression is a constitutional right," she added.

But has Julianne Moore’s book been banned?

A memo circulated by the Department of Defense stated that it was examining library books, which were “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics,” The Guardian reported.

This came after the access to library books got suspended to conduct a review. As per the memo, a “small number of items” have been identified by the department and kept under “further review”.

According to The Guardian, Freckleface Strawberry is among the books that have been caught up in the blanket review. But it remains unclear whether it was selected for withdrawal or further review.

Freckleface Strawberry, a semi-autobiographical story

In her Instagram post, Moore said that Freckleface Strawberry is a semi-autobiographical story.

The book narrates the journey of a seven-year-old girl, who does not like her freckles, but eventually goes on to live with them after realising that she is different “just like everybody else.”

Julianne Moore said that she wrote it for her children and others to remind them about life’s struggles.

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According to the US Department of Defense, the review is part of its examination of all “instructional resources” to make sure that its schools were aligned with US President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders about "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling" as well as "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism."

FAQs

1. What is the subject of Julianne Moore’s book, Freckleface Strawberry?
The semi-autobiographical story is about a seven-year-old girl, who dislikes her freckles but eventually learns to live with them.


2. When did the Donald Trump administration pass the executive order for K-12 schooling?
‘Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling’ executive order was issued on January 29.