What does it mean for information to truly be protected? Who gets the right to have agency over their stories, whether to tell or not to tell? These questions have been at the top of my mind as MAGA divides under Trump’s refusal to release the Epstein files. For a group so intent on controlling the flow of information through book bannings and censorship in schools, why is this now a point of contention? There is a part of me that relishes how the tables have turned and the hypocrisy of the whole uproar. But I remind myself that a lack of information and awareness harms us all, even when it’s happening to those who wanted it in the first place.
Violet Pandya in Ms. Magazine. August 2025 Reads for the Rest of UsThe
The Feminist Know-it-all is a column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand. Each month they provide a list of new books.
I read too few books, but I do like reading about books. And this month's selection is really worth a gander.
