Trish Doller

April 28, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

True Confessions of a Former Slut Shamer – A Slut Shelf Giveaway

It’s true, I was one. A slut shamer that is. I judged you based on what you were wearing, calling you a slut in my head. You see, I fell victim to the lie that a girl, a woman, is only worth her sexuality. And it’s an insidious lie. So very deceitful because you and […]

February 20, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Slut Shaming, part 2 – A Discussion of Something Like Normal by its author, Trish Doller (Part of the SVYALit Project)

Not long after Something Like Normal came out—and I was still reading reviews—I happened across one in which the reviewer complained about the slut shaming and how I’d portrayed every girl in the book except Harper as a slut. I was taken aback because, well… Let me back up. When I first started thinking about […]

January 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sexual Violence in YA Literature Hangout Wrap Up

About two hours ago I hosted my first ever Google Hangout on Air to (mostly) non-disastrous effects. I’ll have to write you a post about what I learned about doing that some other time. But what I really want to talk about is the conversation that I had with authors Christa Desir, Trish Doller and […]