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Erica Lorraine Scheidt

September 23, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The #SVYALit Project: When Yes is Not Really Yes, Coercion is Not Consent (part 2)

The #SVYALit Project Index The other night at karate, the sensei was passing out lanyards and the 5-year-old wanted one even though she wasn’t a student there. So she went and asked if she could please have one. His reply was this, “if you give me a hug, I will give you one.” I suddenly […]

September 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The #SVYALit Project: Sexual Violence, Drinking and Date Rape Drugs (Triggers)

As the mom to an almost teenage girl, one of the things I am told over and over again is that I have to tell my daughter not to drink alcohol so that she doesn’t get raped. And it’s not just drinking alcohol and getting drunk that I have to tell her to worry about, […]

June 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Emotionally Abandoned Teens at Your Library: Seeing Annas All Around Us, a reflection on Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt

When you see a kid at your library day after day, showing up right after school and staying until closing – which is 9 PM – you start to wonder things like, what are you doing about food, why aren’t you going home, and does someone know (or care) where you are. There once was […]

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What we can learn about the gift of security and foundation from USES FOR BOYS by Erica Lorraine Scheidt (by Christa Desir)

June 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A long time ago, I sat at a lecture where the speaker said, “Don’t be afraid to tell your kids ‘I love you, but no’. This is the very best gift that you can ever give them. It is the gift of security, of them knowing that someone is driving the bus.” I think about […]

A New Street Harassment Report, USES FOR BOYS, and our Upcoming Twitter Chat

June 6, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

EXCERPT: “The sun is on my face and I’m thinking about nothing at all.  About half a block past the school I hear a knocking. A rhythmic tapping and I look at the building I’m passing and then into the street where the cars are rushing by. I look all around and the tapping continues […]

Join us for the June USES FOR BOYS Reread and Twitter Chat with author Erica Lorraine Scheidt

May 7, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Join us in June for the inaugural twitter read-along of the #SVYALIT Project: USES FOR BOYS by Erica Lorraine Scheidt. Discuss this powerful, haunting book and its stunning contrast of both sexual violence and consent all month with the hashtag #SVYALit with moderators @TLT16, @CarrieMesrobian, @TrishDoller, @ChristaDesir, and @ericalorraine.  A one hour twitter chat, on […]

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Stop Street Harassment Week (March 30th – April 5th, 2014)

April 1, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Last year, I wrote a very controversial post regarding something that the actor Matt Smith said about the actress Jennifer Lawrence at Comic Con. My basic premise was that I felt that his actions seemed similar to me to street harassment. In some ways, today, I would say they were possibly more like sexual harassment […]

Book Review: Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt (Very Spoilery, In Depth)

March 18, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This is perhaps the saddest yet most beautiful book I have ever read. The loneliness and longing drips off of every page.  Instead of simply reviewing this book, I really want to talk about it. So if you haven’t read it, be warned now, there be HUGE SPOILERS ahead. In the tell me again times, […]

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