Actress Julianne Moore stated in an Instagram publish Sunday that she is in “nice shock” over her youngsters’s e-book being allegedly banned by President Donald Trump’s Division of Protection.
“It’s a nice shock for me to study that my first e-book, Freckleface Strawberry, has been banned by the Trump Administration from colleges run by the Division of Protection,” Julianne Moore stated in an Instagram publish.
Moore, who gained an Oscar in 2015 for her movie, “Nonetheless Alice,” printed a youngsters’s e-book in 2007 referred to as, “Freckleface Strawberry,” a couple of younger lady who has freckles and learns to just accept variations in herself and others.
In her Instagram publish, Moore stated the e-book is “a semi-autobiographical story a couple of seven 12 months outdated lady who dislikes her freckles however finally learns to stay with them when she realizes that she is completely different ‘similar to everyone else.’”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Division of Protection for remark, and was referred to The Division of Protection’s Schooling Exercise, the entity of the DOD that plans and executes pre-Ok-to-12 grade academic programming for the Division of Protection, however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
On Jan. 26, 2025, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated in a publish on X that the DOD could be ending all DEI programming to adjust to President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day government order closing DEI places of work within the federal authorities.
A part of the preview of Moore’s e-book on Amazon reads, “When you’ve got freckles, you possibly can strive this stuff: 1) Make them go away. Except scrubbing doesn’t work. 2) Cowl them up. Except your mother yells at you for utilizing a marker. 3) Disappear. Um, the place’d you go? Oh, there you might be. There’s one different factor you are able to do: 4) LIVE WITH THEM! As a result of in any case, the issues that make you completely different additionally make you YOU.”
“I’m significantly surprised as a result of I’m a proud graduate of Frankfurt American Excessive College a #DOD college that after operated in Frankfurt, Germany,” Moore stated. “I grew up with a father who’s a Vietnam veteran and spent his profession within the #USArmy. I couldn’t be prouder of him and his service to our nation.”
She added, “It’s galling for me to appreciate that children like me, rising up with a dad or mum within the service and attending a @dodea_edu [The Department of Defense Education Activity] college won’t have entry to a e-book written by somebody whose life expertise is so just like their very own. And I can’t assist however marvel what’s so controversial about this image e-book that trigger it to be banned by the US Authorities.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Moore for a remark, however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
