The book-banning movement is efficiently eradicating an already narrow space to learn about sexual violence in public schools.
Rape cannot be censored away in the real world. It shouldn’t be censored in our libraries either.
Author: Kasey Meehan
Kasey Meehan is the Freedom to Read program director at PEN America, leading initiatives to protect the right of students to freely access literature in schools. She is co-author of “Spineless Shelves: Two Years of Book Banning,” a report issued in 2023.