Once Upon a Bookcase: blog event

Sunday, 1 November 2015

Sex in Teen Lit Month II

Hi everyone! Sex in Teen Lit Month II is finally here! It's taken well over a year in planning, and there were a few set backs and a postponment along the way due to life, but it's starting today, and it's going to be awesome!

There have been some fantastic books covering sex in YA since I held the first Sex in Teen Lit Month back in 2009, and I'm a much wider YA reader now. It's been really interesting to see where things have moved forward since 2009, a change that has led to a change in how Sex in Teen Lit Month II is being held. This event is being split into two; Part 1 will be looking at sex in YA in general, as per the first event, but Part 2 is going to focus on sex crimes and crimes of a sexual nature. There have been quite a few books published covering such topics, especially over the past year or so, so I'm going to highlight and discuss a few of them here.

Thursday, 20 March 2014

blog event, bloggerversary

Fifth Bloggerversary: A Look Back at My Blog Events

09:00 Jo 4 comments

I am very passionate about teenagers knowing that they're not alone. That no matter what they're going through, someone else is going through it too, and understands, or that there are people who can help. Although that's not how they started, this is now the driving force behind my blog events. That, and to learn and understand myself. They're important to me, and something I pride myself on, so thought I would take a look back over them.

Sex in Teen Lit Month

Sex in Teen Lit Month is what started it all. There is a lot of peer pressure to have sex to not be an outcast, and you hear a lot about teens not taking things seriously when it comes to protecting themselves or the choices they make. I am not one to go telling people what they should or shouldn't be doing when it comes to sex, but when it comes to teens, I would like them to be as informed as possible, take protection seriously, and do so because they want to. Sex in Teen Lit Month was a great topic for me to look at first, seeing how authors dealt with what can be a confusing subject. Looking into casual sex, first times, teen pregnancy, and more, it was an eye opener. I had some great interviews and guest posts from authors, including Tanya Lee Stone, Melvin Burgess, Joanna Kenrick, Megan Hooper, and Laura Ruby. It was a great blog event, and paved the way for my future blog events.