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Tag: Julie Anne Peters
Coercion and Sexual Violence in LGBTQIA Lit, a guest post by Nita Tyndall
by Nita Tyndall (@NitaTyndall) We don’t talk enough about coercion as a form of sexual assault, and we specifically don’t talk about it in regards to LGBTQ literature—narratives, as harmful as they are, of boys “wearing girls down” or talking them into sex are seen as commonplace, even acceptable and, on occasion, romantic. […]
Misrepresentations of Violence in Julie Anne Peters’ Rage: A Love Story, a guest post by Megan Honig
by Megan Honig (@vongmeggz) Relationship violence—sexual, physical, and/or emotional—among LGBTQ young people is underdiscussed and, unsurprisingly, underrepresented in teen literature. Because there are so few books depicting LGBTQ relationship violence, Julie Anne Peters’ Rage: A Love Story, a book about two teen girls who enter into a violent, unhealthy relationship, is still notable six years […]
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