I tweeted about my dream to make an anthology of feminist essays for teens and the responses to that tweet were incredible. But reading and listening to the words coming from voices unlike mine made something inside me click. I’d worked with people - teenagers, especially - of all shapes and colors and backgrounds since I started my career in librarianship. There’s been rich conversation online about feminism for a long time, and because of how social media allows those whose voices have been marginalized to have a space to share, the importance of intersectionality became more and more a conscious part of my personal feminism. Here We Are: Feminism For The Real World began with a tweet. I believe feminism and, by extension, social justice are more than words we share. Today, we are honored to have Kelly Jensen here to talk with us about how and why this book came about. It’s exciting to see this book launch just days after somewhere around 3 million people marched in protests organized and promoted by women around the world. We’re also doing a t-shirt giveaway (see below!). This week, as part of our Social Justice in YA Lit Project, we will have a new piece about this book each day. Tomorrow, Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen is released out into the world.
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