Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 13, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Saturday Thoughts: Going Backwards

I really don’t know what to think this week. I don’t know where we’re going as a society when we can’t hold people accountable for their actions because “they don’t know what they’re doing” or victims are “enticing them with what they’re wearing.” I know that we as a culture are growing less empathetic due […]

April 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Not a Punch Line, Not Something Everyone Should Go Through: Sexual Assault and What We Can Do In the Library to Help Our Teens

If you are a teen librarian, a teen specialist, a youth librarian, or someone who works with teens, you need to be aware of sexual assault and what is going on in the schools and communities we work in, and not just when particularly harsh cases make headlines. Steubenville was atrocious, and things like this go on […]

April 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick (SPOILERS)

Spoiler Alert: Please note, given the sensitive nature of this book, this review contains spoilers. You have been warned. Short, non-spoilery review: This is an excellently written book about a young man struggling with emotional issues and the day he sets out to kill Asher Beal and then himself. Raw, powerful, stunning and a shining […]