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3 On A YA Theme: Intersex Teens

Looking for a YA book with an intersex character? Here are three titles.

Women Aren’t Aliens (and Other Thoughts on the Andrew Smith Controversy)

This post examines a controversy about how YA author Andrew Smith depicts women in his books.

The Panels 2015 Read Harder Challenge

Read harder: comic book edition.

Women in Fiction Need More Than The Bechdel Test

My Kryptonite: Making Fun of Wolverine

We Need Bigger Megaphones for Diversity in Kid Lit

The Ladies Have Always Kicked Ass: Why We Talk About Gender, Books, and Criticism

The Year I Read (Almost) No Men

Romance and the Problems with “By Women, For Women, About Women”

Why describing romance novels as the only books by, for, and about women is problematic.

Books for Boys and Books for Girls: Problems with Gendered Reading