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Tag: Feminism
The Cages We Create, a guest post by Kate J. Armstrong
Nightbirds is a fiercely feminist fantasy: a potent cocktail full of intrigue and glamor, but also questions about girls trying to claim their power and find their voices.
Different Roles, a guest post by Claire Winn
How unsatisfactory theater roles helped lead to writing the story of a runaway heiress discovering her strength under pressure, and relying on her wits and technical prowess in deadly situations.
Book Review: The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu
A smart story about control, rebellion, story itself, and the fearsome power of girls allowed to be themselves. A great book for girls who can't follow the rules and, better yet, don't want to.
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A Case for More Girls’ Sports Teams in YA, a guest post by Emma Kress
I think for most teens, romantic relationships aren’t the defining relationships of their teen years—friendships are. And friendships can be so much more complex and intense when we place them inside the pressure cooker of a competitive and grueling sport.
Book Review: Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
This is a standout book about runaways finding what they need in the strangest of ways. Just lovely.
The Original Activists, a conversation between authors Rebecca Roberts and Lucinda Robb
Their new book, The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World, looks back at the leaders and lessons they taught us while also looking forward to today’s your activists who are changing our present and our future.
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Book Review: The Life and Medieval Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton
As Kit says, "What better way to smash the patriarchy than with a lance and a sword?"
Book Review: The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid by Kate Hattemer
I really loved this very real and honest look at how complicated friendship, feminism, relationships, and high school can be.
Writing Whiteness, a guest post by Kate Hattemer
If we’re going to keep writing white protagonists, we need white protagonists to reckon with race — not as something they aren’t, but as something they are.
Book Review: Revenge of the Red Club by Kim Harrington
A whole book about breaking the stigma that comes with having/acknowledging periods? Yes, please!
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