Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael Lopez combine their talents in The Day You Begin. The story is how a classroom of children feel like outsiders in their classroom. Told through poetic text, Woodson shows how these two children learn they are not alone. We have all probably felt like Rigoberto and Angelina at least once in our lives. Due to our names, accent, being the new kid at school, at church or another event. Perhaps we are not good at a particular sport or subject or […]
An Ideal Set in Motion is a Dangerous Thing
The United States has never lived up to it’s stated ideals of equality and freedom. It hasn’t even always struggled towards those ideals. Right now, there is a strong push to move backwards. The resistance to moving towards a white supremacist, patriarchal land of the wealthy is also strong. Rose Learner, Courtney Milan, and Alyssa Cole have fired their own shots in the beautiful short story collection, Hamilton’s Battalion: A Trio of Romances. We make a lot of arguments about diversity and representation, but it […]
When Gods Reincarnate as Teen Pop Stars, Things Get A Little Crazy
Over on my blog today, I’ve got my review of the ridiculously awesome graphic novel The Wicked + The Divine. If you like world deities and mythologies, this book has a lot to delight you. It also features a kick ass woman of color as narrator and a wickedly awesome lady Lucifer.
An All Lady Creative Team Writing About Kickass Ladies
This book is awesome and beautiful, and I super love it. My full review over on my blog.
Ms. Marvel is Magnificently Marvelous!
Hey y’all! I just read the new Ms. Marvel, featuring a Muslim-American teen, and it is AWESOME. My full review is over on my blog. I hope you like it as much as I did!
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