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Aces Out: Laying the Cards On the Table

By |2020-03-28T13:41:14-05:00October 26th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: |

Asexuality in YA Series: Day 1 - Previous Posts: Introduction to Asexuality in YA Series by Zach J. Payne I didn’t come out with a bang, but with a whimper. There are people who might see this as a blessing. Some people have their sexualities so scrutinized by those around them, and they’re forced to make a declaration for one side of the other. Some pray for the ability to slide under the radar, to have nobody recreate the Spanish Inquisition every time that they dare to express themselves. Me? There are times where I feel like Schrödinger’s [...]

Labels are for Soup Cans (and also for me)

By |2020-03-28T13:41:47-05:00May 17th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: , |

by Nita Tyndall I was twelve the first time I realized I was queer. Back then, I identified as bisexual. Although I didn’t think I was a lesbian (even though I’d never felt attracted to boys), I wanted to keep my options open. And when I was twelve, those were the only two words I knew—lesbian and bisexual, though neither of them felt right. Gay didn’t, either, because I’d always associated that word with gay men, and I wasn’t one of those. So from twelve to thirteen, I was bisexual. When I was in high school and started [...]

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I’ve got a girl in the war

By |2020-03-28T13:41:48-05:00May 13th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Guest Blogs, Readers on Reading|Tags: , , |

by Marieke Nijkamp  “The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children the dragons can be killed.” With these words, the late, great Terry Pratchett famously misquotes G.K. Chesterton’s Tremendous Trifles. It’s not a misrepresentation of Chesterton’s ideas though. For Chesterton, too, stories were St. Georges, dragonslayers. But I’d like to think it goes further than that. Stories tell readers dragons come in many ways and many forms—from false friends to overwhelming dystopias. Stories do not just tell readers dragons can be [...]

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Review: Stranger by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith

By |2020-03-28T13:42:18-05:00January 13th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Book Review, Teen Voices|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Stranger (Viking Juveline, 2014) Many generations ago, a mysterious cataclysm struck the world. Governments collapsed and people scattered, to rebuild where they could. A mutation, "the Change,” arose, granting some people unique powers. Though the area once called Los Angeles retains its cultural diversity, its technological marvels have faded into legend. "Las Anclas" now resembles a Wild West frontier town… where the Sheriff possesses superhuman strength, the doctor can warp time to heal his patients, and the distant ruins of an ancient city bristle with deadly crystalline trees that take their jewel-like colors from the clothes of [...]

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New Releases: January 2015

By |2020-03-28T13:42:19-05:00January 12th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: , , , , , , , |

JANUARY 1ST (UK) The Art of Being Normal (David Fickling Books, 2015) The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson -- (TRANS) Goodreads Summary: "Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth – David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal – to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in year eleven is definitely not part of that plan. When [...]

Liraz’s Asexual Armor: Second-Guessing AceAro Representation in YA

By |2020-03-28T13:42:24-05:00November 3rd, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: , , |

Asexual Awareness Week has ended, but Aromantic Awareness Week has just begun! We were not aware of it until a couple days ago so do not have a separate series (though many of the posts from last week touch on it). But we're thrilled to present this fabulous guest post from Sarah (who is also helping to run LauraLamFans)! Minor spoilers for Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor.  by Sarah When I re-immersed myself in reading YA books freshman year of college, I knew I was asexual, but I was still content to turn to popular romance-heavy young [...]

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Straight is Not My Default: Understanding Katniss Everdeen as an Ace Aro

By |2020-03-28T13:42:24-05:00October 29th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: , |

For Asexual Awareness Week we reached out to bloggers who identify somewhere on the asexual spectrum to write posts related to asexuality and YA. We’re happy to bring you the third post in this series! Check back every day this week for more posts from other great guest bloggers.    by Nakia I was seventeen when I read Mockingjay. I’d read the first two books in The Hunger Games series less than a year earlier, a recommendation from my contemporary literature teacher who convinced me that it was worth my time if only because the protagonist was a woman of [...]

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Reading Without Role Models: Asexual Awareness Week Day #3

By |2020-03-28T13:42:26-05:00October 28th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: |

For Asexual Awareness Week we reached out to bloggers who identify somewhere on the asexual spectrum to write posts related to asexuality and YA. We’re happy to bring you the third post in this series! Check back every day this week for more posts from other great guest bloggers.  by Em Murphy When I realized I was asexual, everything made a lot more sense. I was in my last year of college and when I finally acknowledged that I wasn’t attracted to anyone, it made me a lot more comfortable with myself and with how I interacted with other people. [...]

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A Journey of Discovery: Asexuality and Fanfiction

By |2020-03-28T13:42:27-05:00October 27th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: , , |

For Asexual Awareness Week we reached out to bloggers who identify somewhere on the asexual spectrum to write posts related to asexuality and YA. We're happy to bring you the second post in this series! Check back every day this week for more posts from other great guest bloggers. If you missed the first one, here it is! Warning: This post contains slightly mature content. It may be inappropriate for young audiences.  by Dragon A I discovered my asexuality through fanfiction. Put like that, it sounds slightly ridiculous. However, if I was not such an avid reader of fanfic I'm pretty [...]

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Let’s Save Some Lives, Shall We? Asexuality in Mainstream YA

By |2020-03-28T13:42:27-05:00October 26th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: , , |

We're thrilled to bring you our first guest post for Asexual Awareness Week! We reached out to bloggers who identify somewhere on the asexual spectrum to write posts related to asexuality and YA. Check back every day this week for more posts from other great guest bloggers!   by Teresa Santos How many mainstream YA books have you read with canon openly asexual characters? None? Don't worry, you won't be the only one. After all, the number of such books is a shiny, round zero. But, you might say, what about Liraz in Daughter of Smoke and Bone? What of [...]

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