Feminism

Tag: Feminism

October 13, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

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.

October 12, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

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.

July 29, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

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

July 26, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

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

October 27, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

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.

Book Review: The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid by Kate Hattemer

February 18, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

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

February 13, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

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.