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This was going to be a Star Wars appreciation post. It is, after all May the 4th and May the 4th be With You. Instead a couple of things came across my twitter feed yesterday that caused me to get a bit upset: Five starred reviews + an NYT notable book and some dude tells me the problem […]
While scrolling through Tumblr (dangerous, I know), I came across a reblogging of the post by Washington Post writer Jeff Guo discussing the work of linguists Carmen Fought and Karen Eisenhauer. They’ve been taking a look at ALL the Disney Princess movies, and studying the dialogue in them- how many times each character speaks, what […]
I admit, I missed all the releases from the Toy Fair in Spring this year. I usually keep up a bit better because I love technology and it’s awesome, but yea. So it wasn’t until I saw the article in the NY Times Magazine about Hello Barbie entitled Barbie Wants to Get to Know Your Child […]
Yesterday was my birthday and That Guy, being wonderful, tool me out to dinner at one of my favorite places. Being near one of the fancy malls, they had a Disney Store, and I, as anyone knows, actually like Disney. That Guy had other business around the mall, so I ducked in. Now, I know […]
Things You Need to Know 1. The North Texas Teen Book Festival announced the schedule of events so plan your attack now! 2. Diversity in YA has been posting important discussions about Perceptions of Diversity in Book Reviews on their Tumblr and now combined it all into one post 3. Teen Services Underground has been […]
I’m SO proud to announce that Genre (Queer)y, the Tumblr blog that I’m co-writing with Katelyn Browne, is up and live! OUR MISSION: WHAT IS GENREQUEERY? GenreQueery is an extension of “GenreQueer: Exploding the Closet,” a panel from YALSA’s YA Lit Symposium in November 2014. Librarians Christie Gibrich and Katelyn Browne moderated a discussion […]