Gender Roles
Sunday Reflections: I’m Holding Out for a Hero, a Female Superhero
I have such conflicted feelings about this year’s superhero themed Summer Reading Club. As a big superhero fan myself, I was at first incredibly excited. But the truth is, for those of us raising daughters or working with the female gender – which coincidentally makes up half of the population – it’s a bit of […]
Breaking the Gender Molds, a guest post and giveaway by author Eric Devine
I’m a 36-year-old, cisgendered, heterosexual, white male, who writes Young Adult novels that are boy-centric, and I’m bothered by the slim definition of what it means to be a man. I was raised under very stereotypical precepts about manhood, and I was always bothered by them. Instead of watching sports, I read. Shyness overtook bravery. […]
The problem of relationship (and girls) in YA lit, plus 5 of my favorite titles
Check out the series About the Girl over at Stacked If you read enough YA lit, you might start to come to a few interesting conclusions: 1. Teens only have 1 relationship, romantic ones. Especially if you are a teenage girl. 2. Relationships only have one goal, which is sex. For some reason, as Cory […]
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It’s 2014: Still Different Marketing? by Christie
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Karen’s Top 10 Posts for 2013
Ah, the end of the year. Time to reflect on all that we have accomplished in 2013 (or not). Or, really, it’s time to go on vacation and I need a quick and easy post. Plus, we have new followers (**waves hi**) and you may have missed these posts, which we really like and want […]
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A Gaggle of Squealing Girls Can’t Love Science?
Some of you may recall the great gender based assignment rage of 2013. If not, start here. So, here’s an update. This year, the Tween gets to research a scientist. She adores science. So I asked her the other day, have you picked your scientist yet? Apparently, she is waiting to be assigned her scientist. […]
On the Megaphone: Double Standards in the World of Teens
This is not going to be a shiny and happy post. If you need shiny and happy, click elsewhere. Christie has lost her shiny and happy right now, and there is not enough chocolate right now to bring it back.I am so sick and tired of double standards. I am tired of all that is […]
The Curious Case of the Gender Based Assignment
A pink piece of paper set on the counter with these instructions: The students were to do a living Texas history project. Girls were instructed to pick one girl who has made a significant contribution to Texas history, write a 5 sentence report, create a costume, and learn a brief speech about their historical figure. […]
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