Interview with Sher Lee
Sher Lee, the debut author of Fake Dates and Mooncakes, is a rom-com enthusiast who writes compelling stories about young adults.
Continue ReadingSher Lee, the debut author of Fake Dates and Mooncakes, is a rom-com enthusiast who writes compelling stories about young adults.
Continue ReadingGrowing up in a conservative family, I’d never tasted such freedom. I longed for it more than anything else…
Continue ReadingChris is on the verge of exploding, living with his aunt because he is too much of a burden for his parents. Maia is struggling with the unexplained death of her sister. When Chris moves into his aunt’s small town, everything feels uncertain, except when he finally begins to open up to Maia, the girl […]
Continue ReadingNobody knows that Simon Speare is gay, and that’s exactly how he likes it. If nobody knows, maybe things won’t really have to change for Simon. But with the leaking of his private emails to an anonymous boy named Blue, everything begins to spiral out of control. Based on the bestselling book by Becky Albertalli, […]
Continue ReadingTrigger Warning: rape, sexual assault, violence against women James Franco stood on stage to receive his Golden Globe for his role in The Disaster Artist, proudly wearing black in solidarity with the women who came forward during the #MeToo movement and bearing a “Time’s Up” pin on his lapel, a picturesque ally to the recent […]
Continue ReadingEvan remains in her clutches, stuck within the bars of her closed fist. All he ever really wanted was to be himself, but with his abusive mother, who manipulates her religion to excuse her cruelty, and his father, who refused to accept his wife’s ways, Evan is stuck. The Dangerous Art of Blending In depicts the […]
Continue ReadingIn today’s modern society, it would be thought that equality in regards to gay rights should be moving forward. However, we see this isn’t exactly the case in real life — and many of today’s TV shows subtly reflect the inequalities that still exist. Recently, there has been some media attention on the “Bury Your […]
Continue ReadingWhen LGBTQ young adult books were first hitting the shelves, there was essentially one kind of novel you could expect to find: a coming-out narrative based on the main character discovering their orientation — often because of a love interest — and then the consequences of telling their friends and family. Those stories are necessary and […]
Continue ReadingA few weeks ago, the comments section of Fox News was engaged in a heated debate. For the first time in history, a Nebraska school district pushed social boundaries by taking a stance for gender diversity, and a bold one at that. Administrators at the Lincoln School Board distributed a document that included non-gendered pronouns. Their […]
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