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Tag: Girls
Dance of the Starlit Sea: A Love Letter to Girlhood, a guest post by Kiana Krystle
I think it’s important to inspire young girls to stick together, to stand up for one another, and to love each other even through the parts of life that are ugly.
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.
Book Review: Play Like a Girl by Misty Wilson with illustrations by David Wilson
While I loved watching her play football and follow her interest despite the judgmental and at times unwelcoming atmosphere, I really loved watching her become herself. A truly fantastic look at navigating the complexities of growing up.
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Saying Goodbye to the “Not Like Other Girls” Girl, a guest post by Alexene Farol Follmuth
In fiction, the NLOGG is an aspiration. In reality, she’s the mentality that unnecessarily pits girls against each other.
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.
Why we should let girls read, and relate to, morally grey heroines, a guest post by Cyla Panin
Girl protagonists have a right to take the drags of whatever awful situation they’ve found themselves in and try to piece together a solution to reach their goals, even if that solution makes some people give them the side eye.
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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: You Know I’m No Good by Jessie Ann Foley
This is one of those great books that manages to be both devastatingly sad and hopeful. Mia is a fierce character who works hard to keep her walls built up around her, but experiences real, believable growth over the course of the story.
Big, Funny, and Proud, a guest post by Rebecca Elliott
Using stand-up comedy, which is a big fear for a lot of people, seemed like a good way to explore my main character’s bravery, not in a dystopian-hero-saving-the-world kind of way, but in more of a relatable way
Book Review: Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
Publisher’s description From the author of The Last Boy and Girl in the World and The List comes a bold and sweet summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream. Summer in Sand Lake isn’t complete without a trip to Meade Creamery—the local ice cream stand founded in 1944 by Molly Meade who started making ice cream to […]
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