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January 12, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

YA reads for fans of the hit TV show Yellowjackets

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some YA titles for fans of the very adult show Yellowjackets, which explores teen girl survival in the past and present

February 18, 2019 by Robin Willis

Feminist AF: Girls Run the World, a guest post by Jennifer Rummel

We know that Girls Run the World, but they also save the world too. I’m not talking about Hermione, although I love her and Harry Potter wouldn’t have been able to defeat Voldemort without her. I’m talking about the girls who literally saved the world. They might be a spy, or a princess, or a […]

September 18, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Some of the Best Feminist YA on Rape Culture in Quotes

Sometimes there are books that I finish and I immediately think, I want my teenage daughter to read this book right away. Today I am sharing 5 of those books that are specifically about sexual violence, rape culture, and the ways we talk about and view women’s bodies. Some of them talk about female friendship, […]

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A Day without Women

March 8, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Today is the National Day without Women and TLT is a blog created by and run by women. As news came down the pike recently that the ACA replacement plan would not require insurers to cover maternity care at the same time that there are assaults on a women’s ability to get coverage for things […]

“Nevertheless, She Persisted” A Take 5 List, plus 1

February 8, 2017 by Heather Booth

Last night, Senator Elizabeth Warren was warned, then given an explanation, but nevertheless, she persisted in reading the words of another woman who was warned, given an explanation, and persisted: Coretta Scott King. In honor and in recognition of these and other women who, despite warning and explanation, persist in their efforts, we offer you this […]

Sunday Reflections: What’s a Powder Puff?

March 8, 2015 by Heather Booth

Like most of us, I wear a few different hats. In addition to being a teen services librarian, I’m also a Daisy Girl Scout leader, and I love it. I love the enthusiasm of first graders, their pure hearts and bright eyes. I love getting to be the one to introduce them to service projects […]

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Sunday Reflections: What Malala means to me as a woman and a librarian, a reflection on women’s issues in the news

October 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Image Source: Amnesty International It was kind of an interesting week to be a woman. This week, Malala Yousafzai earned the Noble Peace Prize for her efforts to fight for female and youth education in Pakistan and around the world. It’s an amazing thing. I saw this wondrous feat championed on Twitter and I celebrated. […]

Book Review: A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller

July 31, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Yesterday, as part of the #SVYALit Project, we talked with Sharon Biggs Waller about A Mad, Wicked Folly. Yesterday’s chat was one of the few #SVYALit Project chats where I hadn’t already read the books before putting the project outline together. So I read AMWF this week. Here are my thoughts.Victoria Darling wants nothing more […]

Take 5: Amelia Bloomer Project and Feminist Books

May 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

If you’re looking for feminist books, you definitely want to check out The Amelia Bloomer Project.  Sponsored by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association, this committee of librarians creates a recommended bibliography every year of new books that have significant feminist content for youth ages birth through 18.  Being a booklist like […]

Book Review: Prophecy by Ellen Oh

March 25, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Fire shot up from the ground like geysers, and all around them fiendish figures danced about in wild abandon. Kira screamed again, over and over, but her screams excited the demons further, sending them into a rampage as they clawed her clothes and raked sharp talons against her flesh. Ahead, a figure grew to immense proportions in the midst […]

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