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From: Hannah Gómez <hannahgomez_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:24:33 -0700
This is a really interesting theme for the month! I've mostly been lurking and reading with interest, since this is not an area I have much expertise or experience in yet, but I thought I'd ask a question.
A lot of the discussion here is centered around picturebooks that deal with gender nonconformity, generally with regards to dress or fairy tale tropes. And then we have the YA that we'll be reading and discussing in a couple weeks. But it seems like middle grade is a big gap. And given that ages 8-13 are when a lot of bullying starts to happen, in addition to the beginnings of puberty and starting to understand what your sex and what your gender mean to you and to others, I wonder why there doesn't seem to be any middle grade that touches on this (of course I'm not *actually* surprised, given the backlash against such things in YA and in overall culture and society, but ya know what I mean). Or do I just not know what's out there?
Hannah Gómez, MA, MSLIS hannahgomez_at_gmail.com http://hannahgomez.wix.com/portfolio
(520) 481-8778
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Received on Wed 14 May 2014 10:24:59 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:24:33 -0700
This is a really interesting theme for the month! I've mostly been lurking and reading with interest, since this is not an area I have much expertise or experience in yet, but I thought I'd ask a question.
A lot of the discussion here is centered around picturebooks that deal with gender nonconformity, generally with regards to dress or fairy tale tropes. And then we have the YA that we'll be reading and discussing in a couple weeks. But it seems like middle grade is a big gap. And given that ages 8-13 are when a lot of bullying starts to happen, in addition to the beginnings of puberty and starting to understand what your sex and what your gender mean to you and to others, I wonder why there doesn't seem to be any middle grade that touches on this (of course I'm not *actually* surprised, given the backlash against such things in YA and in overall culture and society, but ya know what I mean). Or do I just not know what's out there?
Hannah Gómez, MA, MSLIS hannahgomez_at_gmail.com http://hannahgomez.wix.com/portfolio
(520) 481-8778
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