“There’s been a lot of discussion about unlikeable female characters in general and I personally wanted to give [creating one] a shot because I think unlikable characters are more realistic.”
When Nneka M. Okona began working on the manuscript that would become her new book, Self-Care for Grief, she knew she wished to create a guide for readers to center their needs wherever they were in the grieving process.
Samira Surfs draws on real-life stories to create the story of Samira, a 12-year-old girl who embraces surfing as a way to find herself and process her trauma.
The title character in Jenny Mei Is Sad is a little girl who is often sad but still makes jokes and smiles. Her best friend always lets her know that she is there to listen and play games, even when Jenny Mei isn’t at her best.
When Carly Manes first began working in reproductive health and started having conversations with clients about their needs, she immediately noticed something: many of them wished there were more resources for parents who wanted to explain what abortions were to their children.
Cultish provides readers with an explanation of not only how cults gain influence and but how seemingly any innocent person could fall prey to their power: the potency of words.
The Other Side of Perfect, which was released on May 11, imagines what a teen dancer would do if they suddenly couldn’t pursue dance professionally anymore.
Bhuiyan, who is now 22, was very aware that the stories she came across did not reflect her experiences as a Bangladeshi American teen from an immigrant family.
The FBomb talked to Mason about her sophomore novel, family secrets, and why it is important to have honest conversations about topics many people want to avoid.
The anthology, which is being released on March 30 by Workman Publishing, is divided into chapters that center on themes that include “Seeking,” “Attitude,” “Longing” and “Shame.”
Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes is an exploration of how Korn survived an imperfect industry stilted by itself.
A Phở Love Story centers on two teens whose families own rival phở restaurants in the Little Saigon section of their hometown.
Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians, knew that she wanted to feature a teen girl who could be what she calls an “Indigenous Nancy Drew.”
“I wanted to write about joy and about a girl who gets to fall in love, and gets to mess up and make mistakes and be a nuanced girl who isn't perfect."
Christina Li first got the idea for what would become her debut novel shortly after she graduated from high school.
This Book Is Anti-Racist also aims to empower young people to disrupt and uproot racial systems that have been in place for several years.
These writers keep working, and all of them told The FBomb that more amazing stories about amazing women are coming soon.
Experts say censorship of reading material in schools happens more than many people realize.
As I've grown older, the author whose words I have most often remembered, that has rescued and offered solace to my friends and me is Toni Morrison.
Simone de Beauvoir was 41 years old when her most famous book, The Second Sex, was published in 1949. Over 20,000 copies of the book, which explored the meaning of being a woman, were sold in a matter of days after the book’s publication, and it soon became internationally famous.
We need to change the message we’re sending kids at a young age. it is necessary to provide children with books and media that provide positive representations of gender equality, and do not associate particular abilities or responsibilities with any gender.
Finding more accurate representations of my identity was so important not just because I saw myself in them, therefore, but because I felt connected to a wider community.
