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SVYALit Project: Discussing THE S WORD by Chelsea Pitcher, a guest post by Lourdes Keochgerien
“Maybe the first step to stomping out the world’s ugliness is dragging it into the light.” ~ Angie The S Word I can’t pinpoint exactly when I started thinking about sexual violence/abuse. It was a topic that always remained in my peripheral vision – I don’t recall us discussing it in my sexual education class. […]
Because No Always Means No: a list of titles dealing with rape and sexual harassment
April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month. And we had a lot to say about it. The bottom line, no means no (and silence doesn’t mean yes). That should be the message – always. It’s what we need to be teaching all people, both boys and girls, at all ages. Respecting others is at the heart […]
Book Review: Canary by Rachele Alpine
Staying quiet will destroy her, but speaking up will destroy everyone. Earlier this year, the world was rocked by the Stuebenville case and it is like, somehow, Alpine knew it was happening and in her premonition wrote about it all, just changing the sport from football to basketball in her teen novel, Canary. At the […]
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What It’s Like for a Girl: How Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama made me think about the politics of sexuality in the life of girls
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