MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2014
Sunday Reflections: Silence Hurts Everyone (Why don’t adults intervene more when abuse is suspected with further discussion on Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell)
#SVYALit, Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell, Sexual Violence, Sunday Reflections
|Months ago we posted about Eleanor and Park, and I recently added that post to the SVYALit Tumblr page where it has had some interesting discussion. One comment in particular has me thinking: Not one able adult called Child Protective Services, the Police, a counselor – none. It’s not even clear that Eleanor’s Uncle and […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Thinking about boys, sex, and violence while reading SEX & VIOLENCE by Carrie Mesrobian Book Reviews Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau Perfect Lies by Kiersten White Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott Middle Grade Monday – for the Love of Lemony Snicket TPiB: Jump in head first and start […]
About two weeks ago I had the privilege of attending a training session on Diversity and Outreach. The presenters of the program are the duo behind the edutainment team, Crisscross Mango Sauce. I thoroughly enjoyed the information that the ladies shared with us. One of the things that stuck with me as I was leaving […]
Slut Shaming, part 2 – A Discussion of Something Like Normal by its author, Trish Doller (Part of the SVYALit Project)
#SVYALit, Sexual Violence, Slut Shaming, Something Like Normal, Trish Doller
|Not long after Something Like Normal came out—and I was still reading reviews—I happened across one in which the reviewer complained about the slut shaming and how I’d portrayed every girl in the book except Harper as a slut. I was taken aback because, well… Let me back up. When I first started thinking about […]
Slut Shaming, part 1 – a discussion by author Christa Desir (Part of the SVYALit Project)
#SVYALit, Christa Desir, Fault Line, Jennifer Mathieu, Sexual Violence, Slut Shaming, The Truth About Alice
|Slut-shaming is defined as: the process in which women are attacked for their transgression of accepted codes of sexual conduct making any person feel guilty or inferior for certain sexual behaviors or desires that deviate from the traditional or orthodox gender expectations Picture from the movie The Breakfast Club So a few weeks ago, a […]
Using Young Adult literature to talk with teens about sexual violence and consent Project Goals: To discuss sexual violence in the lives of teens and in ya literature on an ongoing basis To raise awareness of the issues and titles that can be used to discuss the topics with teens; To give librarians, educators and […]
Loud and Clear: A Reflection on Teaching SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson in the Classroom (a guest post by author Eric Devine)
#SVYALit, Eric Devine, Laurie Halse Anderson, Sexual Violence, Speak, Teen Issues
|As part of the #SVYALit project, we reached out to author Eric Devine and asked him to write. We wanted to make sure that male voices are heard in the discussion. And he is an awesome writer and teacher. Today he shares with us his experiences of teaching Speak in the classroom. Please note, we […]
Tella and her family have moved to the middle of nowhere because of her sick brother. Tella is bored, and sometimes resentful, but then she remembers why they are there and she manages to keep it in perspective. One day, a blue box arrives with very obscure instructions. She sees her father try to destroy […]
Annie and Fia are back in this excellent sequel to Mind Games! (You can read our review of it here.) If you haven’t read Mind Games you should go do that now and stop reading this review, since there is literally no way to do Perfect Lies justice without giving excessive spoilers for Mind Games. […]
Sometimes we talk about things we didn’t learn in library school. The point of that occasional series is to illustrate that a lot of our librarian skills are learned on the job, and to acknowledge that the scope of what we do is wide and ever-changing. Before I get going on how I jumped in […]
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