Sex in Teen Lit Month II: Articles and Posts on Sex in YA Around the Web

While researching for and emailing Sex in Teen Lit Month II, I came across or was linked to some fantastic articles and blog posts that make for some really great reading. Take a look, then tell me what you thought about them on Twitter: @JoanneStapley.

~ Stacked has a really great post from 2013 by Kelly; Female Sexuality in YA Fiction: Exploring the Range of Experiences. Kelly talks about how female sexual experience in YA tends to focus on how it's going to hurt and be uncomfortable, and not so much on how the girl actually feels during sex, if there's any pleasure. This is from the post:

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LGBTQ Round-Up - Articles and Posts

When I was doing my research for the Month, there were several posts and articles I came across that I thought you guys might be interested in.

LGBTQ Labels in the News:

Generation LGBTQIA
An NY Time article about the various identities/labels there are and whether the acronym should be made longer, and how university LGBT groups are primarily "LGB" and don't seem to be as inclusive for other identities.

Drawing the Line on LGBT Labels
A Temple News article that questions the importance/relevance of certain labels, and label-lessness. Suggests "queer" as a catch-all umbrella term. '...The idea is that we as a society are uncovering our sexual repression and realizing we don’t have to be so rigid in how we think of our sexuality and how it relates to the people with whom we’re intimate.'

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Who Says What? Links on the Topic

I thought it would be interesting to take a look at what others have said on similar discussions across the internet.

SF Signal asks the question “Is Young Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy too Explicit?”, and several authors answer.

Sarah Ockler, author of Twenty Boy Summer, asks booksellers, librarians and teachers how they handle the YA novels with sexual content, and they answer in the comments.

Andrew Smith, author of Ghost Medicine, has two guest posts from a Random House editor and a writer and reader of YA for their opionion on Sex in YA.

R.J. Anderson, author of Faery Rebels, asks if there is a double standard when it comes to sex in YA and violence and gore in YA.

Chandra Rooney, author The Wild Hunt, talks about Sex in The YA novel.

BNet talks about Teen Pregnancy in Yound Adult Literature.

The DLA discusses abortion themes in YA.

Auto-Straddle talks about Lesbian YA novels.

Books Make Good Lovers also held a Teen Sex Month - check out her posts on the subject.

Sophie McKenzie, author of the All About Eve trilogy, talks about the sexual content in her novels.

YA Reads held a Gay and Lesbian Teen Reads event through June and July

ETA: Thanks to Nicole (tumble) for the heads up: A video of YA author Maureen Johnson discussing censorship and her novel The Bermudez Triangle.





Thanks to Lilibeth for the heads up about an article on CNN about people who want the extreme when it comes to books, including burning.

Thanks to Simmone Howell for letting me know about her own post, Why we Write About What we Write About, which discusses the topic.

If anyone knows of any other links, please share them! Thanks!

So, any thoughts on any of these articles? Any comments/points you want to make? Please share!

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