tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086134026437451311.post4549012681876711726..comments2024-03-29T09:24:36.284+00:00Comments on So Many Books, So Little Time: Feminism in YASo Many Books, So Little Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044634459274703941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086134026437451311.post-84368754401639911512013-09-05T10:05:28.484+01:002013-09-05T10:05:28.484+01:00What a wonderful post. I love Graceling a LOT. I a...What a wonderful post. I love Graceling a LOT. I actually read this post just after you posted it and thought to myself 'oh, I'll just wait to comment when I'm blog-reading later' ...and that was almost a month ago. Whoops. Now I've completely forgotten the feminist YA suggestions that I was going to give you :( I didn't much care for Not That Kind of Girl but I highly recommend Frankie Landau-Banks! Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086134026437451311.post-61330196104234058932013-08-16T23:01:58.764+01:002013-08-16T23:01:58.764+01:00I LOVED the Graceling series. I really, really, r...I LOVED the Graceling series. I really, really, really loved them. I'd add along those lines that pretty much all of Tamora Pierce's novels have feminist ideas - particularly the Alanna quartet. Not always in the sense you would think (a la she's a badass knight) - it blew my teenage mind apart when Alanna is able to have multiple sexual partners and it's approached in such a nonjudgemental way. There's no slut shaming, and her romance ALWAYS takes a backseat to what she wants for herself and her duty as a knight.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058009271288566400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086134026437451311.post-10191257737301818632013-08-15T11:12:52.176+01:002013-08-15T11:12:52.176+01:00What a great post Sophie. You know me, I'm pre...What a great post Sophie. You know me, I'm pretty interested in men being douches to women and I've become a lot more outspoken about my feminist attitude in the last year or so. I really need to read Graceling now, it sounds like my sort of book! And Adorkable was great for teen girls learning to be more true to themselves. Oh, and I read Forever in secondary school, I think when I was 13 or something and you're right, it really teaches girls about relationships and the realities of sex which I think it very important to self-esteem.Anyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782012259870311268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086134026437451311.post-8792940217570598132013-08-15T10:39:43.278+01:002013-08-15T10:39:43.278+01:00I've considered myself a feminist from the mom...I've considered myself a feminist from the moment I found out what it meant... I'm 14 now, but I take an active interest in women's rights and a huge issue I'm against at the moment is "slut shaming". The issue seems very related to what Judy Blume's novel is about & I've been researching "slut walks" a lot recently for my homework... when I'm older I hope to take a more active role in campaigning, but at the moment I just have a lot of interest surrounding the topic.<br /><br />In terms of YA books involving feminism, well as I was growing up I always admired Lyra from The Northern Lights – she had such a rebellious spark and not one page of it was remotely derogatory. I agree with all your choices (I totally need to read Graceling now!) & I'm a afraid I can't really think of many other YA choices! I can think of adult books and authors easily (Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter...) and so maybe less people my age are interested in feminism. I've always had such a keen interest in it, it's weird to think teenage girls my age wouldn't take an interest!<br /><br />Anyway, brilliant post! I'm doing an interview with Samantha Shannon on my blog, and her answer to one of my questions was really interesting. She quoted George RR Martin – "I've always considered women to be people"!Ruby // Rustled Pageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497768837938772551noreply@blogger.com