
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 […]
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 […]
August 12, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Street harassment isn’t how we envision teenagers learning about themselves. We don’t name it as a form of education or discuss its consequences or argue over its curriculum – and in leaving out the lived experiences teenagers have with harassment in public spaces from our conversations, we’re leaving glaring gaps in what they’re being taught. […]
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July 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This week at TLT: This week’s Sunday Reflections discusses the presence of violence in YA and why it’s important. We have book reviews of: Infinity Glass by Myra McEntire The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross Fire & Ash by Jonathan Maberry Heather and Karen took a group of teens to the Simon […]
July 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Please read this note about the comments: I wrote this post with the intention that we would consider how we talk to and about people, and that we consider doing so with respect. I ask that if you comment, that you please comment respectfully. Comments calling people or people groups names, using curse words, etc. will be […]
December 8, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Please note: this post is on a sensitive subject and can have triggering discussions for some. “What have we here?” a cocky teenage voice said. A group of boys ducked under the short doorframe into the room. A particularly tall one stared through the open window with his mouth gaping, as if she were […]
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Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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