It’s me! A wonderful, blurry picture of me, snapped by the fabulous Allen Zadoff at the beginning of my pre-conference. (I didn’t take any pictures because I wasn’t really thinking …)
The YA Lit Symposium was a great time, especially once I survived my pre-conference! I attended some really interesting and exciting sessions. (and only one that I felt was really, really frustrating.) I also had the chance to catch up with some of my fantastic librarian colleagues/friends (Wendy, Liz, Melissa, and Gretchen chief among them!) and network and feel the power of YALSA. (I just think we’re the most fun. I just think no one has more fun than us!) There was A LOT of tweeting happening, which was a great way to both take notes and keep up with what was happening in other panels.
I’ll blog a little more about the symposium and the sessions I attended later this week, but in the meantime, I wanted to get all the information from my pre-conference up here for anyone who was looking. This is all the material and links we covered at the session, you’re free to use it in your programming or booklists as you see fit. I’m not sure how much sense this will make to people who weren’t at the pre-conference, but definitely feel free to take a look either way. And, OF COURSE, if you have any questions or want any more information, please let me know.
Two recaps of the session can be found at the YALSA blog (thanks Meredith!) and at Librarified. (thanks, Gretchen!) If there’s any other reviews/wrap-ups out there, please let me know so I can link to them!
THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who attended the pre-conference: thanks for caring and paying extra to attend and being so attentive and interesting and fun to bounce ideas off of! Thanks to the outstanding and talented authors Megan Frazer, Madeleine George, Susan Vaught, and Allen Zadoff, who agreed to talk about their excellent books and be part of the story. Thanks to all of you for showing up and listening and inspiring me! I really feel like we had a great session and, as I said, started a really important conversation. I hope all of you will continue that conversation, and that work, with me here on the blog and in your libraries with your teen patrons!
The literature review in Powerpoint format. (through Slideshare … all those covers!)
The literature review as a Word doc. (through Google docs)
YouTube Videos
Fat Talk Free Week #1
Fat Talk Free Week #2
Operation Beautiful #1
Operation Beautiful #2
Joy Nash’s FAT RANT (we didn’t get to watch this in session, but it’s great and HIGHLY recommended for those who haven’t yet seen the awesomeness!)
Web Resources
Reflections: The Body Image Program
(Remember this program was started by a college sorority, Tri Delta, so some of these activities obviously need to be modified for use in a teen/library setting: Activities, More Activities)
The Illustrated BMI Project
Operation Beautiful
And, of course, remember that any time you have questions, want to continue the conversation, or share ideas, you can contact me via e-mail, (fatgirlreading at sign gmail) through this site, or follow me on Twitter.
The pre-conference was truly an amazing experience. Together, I hope we can make it just the beginning of something great.
