Malinda Lo

This is an eternal topic in YA Land. Recently, author E.M. Kokie wrote movingly about the appalling lack of specific detail in describing girls’ sexuality in young adult fiction: “If our YA male characters are allowed their experiences of desire, it seems wrong that our female characters are not afforded that same personhood, the same ... More→

In Case You Missed It Calling all LGBT Asian Pacific Americans — Add your voice to this survey from UCLA on coming out and mental health Thinky So about the so-called lack of boy stuff in YA (YA Flash) — “So I have a lot of feelings every single time I hear that people are ... More→

Last month, the news that David Levithan’s fall 2013 book Two Boys Kissing was going to feature two boys actually kissing on the cover raised quite a bit of excitement in my neck of the woods. I was amazed to see the cover because I thought I’d never seen a YA book cover that was ... More→

Yesterday at Stacked‘s So You Want to Read YA? series, I guest-posted about why I recommend these fabulous YA novels: Find out why I loved these books here. More→

On Friday, the book cover for David Levithan’s fall 2013 book, Two Boys Kissing, was released. We posted about it on Diversity in YA, which led to some interesting discussions on Tumblr. I’m cross-posting this here for folks who aren’t on Tumblr (and here’s a reminder: I’m on Tumblr! I post there a lot!): waterloggedtomorrow: ... More→

Welcome back to my two-part discussion of heteronormativity, fantasy, and Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue! Part 1 is here in case you need to refresh your memory. Picking up right from where I left off yesterday, I was about to tackle this question: Is it believable to have same-sex relationships in a medieval-esque fantasy world? SPOILER WARNING: ... More→