A group of teen girls are taking matters into their own hands and are reading the books politicians want out of schools.
PUBLISHED 4:55 PM CDT Jun. 13, 2022AUSTIN, Texas — At Vandegrift High School, a group of young women is reading books that are banned in their school libraries and classrooms. Last year, Leander ISD“I’m working towards a goal that’s not just helping me, it’s helping everybody and kids like me who want to be able to read and not have to be worried about people’s voices and memoirs getting silenced,” said Jaea Rivera, one of the club members.
“I felt like that book was really something I could relate to a lot because as a girl I have also suffered sexual assault and harassment,” said Isabela Rotondaro. “I’ve never been raped or groped, but comments and ways I have been spoken to. And even the small things need to be talked about, which is something that they talk about in the book.
“We have to address the obscene material that is desensitizing our kids and causing little boys and girls to be objectified. Obscenity in public schools is creating an unsafe environment for our kids,” the press releaseState Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, also wants to remove “explicit” books from Texas libraries.
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