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children's and YA literature, film and culture (and a little bit more)

Friday, November 11, 2016

how to help: an idea

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Here is my idea for an app. If I had clue one how to actually make it, it would be done by now. Call it, for now, Safe With Me. It’...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood at the Heinz History Center

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Part of the set of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is now permanently housed at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. There was a special...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

white privilege has got to go

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An article reposting a blog by a local (Pittsburgh) teacher, about engaging with his students about Michael Brown, Ferguson, the grand jury...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

it all depends on the skin you're living in

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There's been a lot of chatter and anger and confusion and efforts at soothing in the children's lit world lately, after Daniel Handl...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

manic pixie dream boys

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Since I started really applying myself to reading YA, in spring/summer 2010, one of the tropes I find myself laughing/shaking my head at a l...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Attribution

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Hardly a new issue, but the abundance of quotes zooming around the internet that are not attributed, incorrectly attributed, inaccurately so...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Grasshopper Jungle + No Future

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I'm jumping happily onto the Grasshopper Jungle bandwagon; I read it over the weekend and loved it, of course. I love Austin and Robby ...
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carbon-based life form: thinking, reading and gardening. New College alum; current grad student writing a dissertation. I specialize in children's literature, media, and culture, and queer/gender studies, with a strong interest in 19th century British literature and culture. I like history, a lot.
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