Read to Resist: Mental Health Awareness Month
Amanda Mental Health America celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month every May. Since 1949, their goal is to reach people and increase positive portrayals of mental health. They work to provide tools…
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Autism Awareness Month: Book Recs
For those of you that don’t know, it’s Autism Awareness Month! In all honesty, I probably should have made my Read to Resist post about this instead of sexual assault.…
Read to Resist: Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Since April is officially Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I decided to make that my focus. I have done this topic before (oops), but this month was a struggle. Topics weren’t…
Read to Resist: Female Heroes
With the recent release (and success) of Captain Marvel, today we’re going to celebrate female heroes! Though the Marvel Cinematic University (MCU) has lacked in female leads, this doesn’t mean…
Read to Resist: Black History Month
It’s Tuesday, meaning it’s time for a Read to Resist post, this month featuring Black History Month! For my list this month, I’m going to focus on own voices authors.…
Read to Resist: Body Positivity
The beginning of the year might be the most detrimental to body positivity. After all, it’s “new year, new you,” right? According to ABC News, 38% of resolutions are about…
Read to Resist: Diverse Graphic Novels
I’ve been out of the loop in reading graphic novels lately, but I posted about the graphic novel adaptation of Speak the other day on Instagram, which inspired me to…
Read to Resist: Asexual Awareness Week
So, I missed writing a post for actual Asexual Awareness Week (which was October 21-27), so I’m just going to do a list now! Asexuality is the lack of, or…
Supporting Transgender Voices in YA
With the recent news that the Trump administration is actively working to narrow definitions of gender, we need to support and share stories by transgender and non-binary authors. So, this…
Read to Resist: Sexual Assault
There are plenty of people that argue that rape or sexual assault shouldn’t be discussed or included in young adult books because it’s too dark. Many people believe that these…