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…
Well, there it is: my big, fat body. I’m standing in the Gulf of Mexico, in the middle of a luxurious vacation with a group of my closest friends, enjoying my life and my world and having a wonderful time with people who love me, but I can see as how this would gross you…
The DUFF: the designated ugly fat friend. The one girl in a group that’s just not “as pretty” as the others. DUFF: it’s a “real” thing, you know. You can look it up on Urban Dictionary, where it’s been an entry since 2003. The DUFF, the girl in any group who’s just not as pretty,…
First, thanks to all the amazing responses on my last blog, being linked from Courtney Summers own blog definitely made my week! Using random.org the winner of my copy of Some Girls Are is Claire, hooorah, who I have contacted via e-mail. If I don’t hear back from her, I’ll try again. Definitely keep reading…
You know … FAT. The first time my teen patrons heard me refer to myself as “fat” they seemed unsure how to react. A group of teenage girls had gathered around a table in front of the desk I was working at and were discussing what might be considered typical adolescence topics: boys, hair, clothes,…
“Keep the humiliation coming in the comments, it motivates me.” 2014 UPDATE Welcome, visitors from Your Fav is Problematic/anyone who got here by searching for “John Green”, I guess. This is the very first post on my site and is now almost 4 years old. Yet I still get hundreds of hits a week on this…
