Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Transcendence (2014) in Movies
Nov 1, 2018
Kim Gordon recommended Becoming Westerly in Books (curated)
Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list
Oct 12, 2017
As part of National Coming Out Day, The National Student has put together a list of great books in which one or more of the characters is LGBTQIAP+.
Seven Ways We Lie
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Paloma High School is ordinary by anyone's standards. It has the same cliques, the same prejudices...
Young adult
27 hours: Nightside Saga Series, Book One
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ZERO HOUR MEANS WAR Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and...
Science fiction fantasy LGBTQ
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From the award-winning author of Break and Teeth comes a raw and honest exploration of complicated...
Young adult LGBTQ
Queens of Geek
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Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and...
LGBTQ Young Adult
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist ...
Fiction LGBTQ Gender studies
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list
Sep 21, 2017
If you’re struggling to recommend a novel for your next book club, The Independent has compiled a list of accessible, exciting and original books to get the conversation started.
Greatest Hits
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One day. Sixteen songs. The soundtrack of a lifetime. Alone in her studio, Cass Wheeler is taking...
Fiction Contemporary Music
See What I Have Done
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When her father and step-mother are found brutally murdered on a summer morning in 1892, Lizzie...
The Other Hoffmann Sister
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Gripping historical fiction from the prize-winning author of The Spring of Kasper Meier Shortlisted...
historical fiction fiction
This is How it Always Is
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This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a...
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T.N. Nova (30 KP) rated Flaunt (Book 1 of the F-Word Series) in Books
Jan 25, 2019
E. Davies did amazingly writing this story. While each person reacts to things differently, I loved how the emotions and reactions were so 'real'. I definitely will be revisiting and re-reading this book and will recommend it to others.
Lindsay (1717 KP) rated Fred Gets Dressed in Books
May 1, 2021
It shows that they let their child choose what they want to wear. It may also be teaching to let your child play dress-up with a child or children. They may want to try on mom or dad clothes, and that should be okay as well.
The author seems to be emphasizing allowing your child to play dress up and it being okay to wear mom's clothes or dad's clothes. It is a sweet story; nonetheless, Children will enjoy this. May Fred be a girl or a boy? Who to say? The author does not say if Fred is a boy or a girl. Your children could see themselves in the story; This does not always happen. Well done with that.
I rated the book four stars (moons). I am not exactly sure if the story is about transgender children or learning to get dressed. That does not matter too much, but the other reason for it implying determination is I did not get the print copy. I am not blaming the author on this, as it is the slow mail that is the problem. I hope that parents will pick this up to put on their child's bookshelves. It is a good book for children to learn whether the story or plot is about transgender children or learning to get dressed or to play dress up.
Children should be allowed to play dress-up. There is nothing wrong with trying on other people's clothes. It may be that they either enjoy or identify with them better.
Irene M (130 KP) rated The Rainbow Stick Boy in Books
Dec 7, 2018
While every other stick person is one colour, Huey is born rainbow coloured. The book looks at how he is treated differently, how he tries to hide what he is so he can fit in and could easily be used to help children understand MANY differences in life. I read this to see if it would help my Aspergers son to understand that being a bit different is okay, and it will be perfect for that, but could easily be used for any other physical or behavioral difference, possibly even as a way to help understand transgender and homosexuality and other "differences" to ALL ages.
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated In the Darkroom in Books
Jul 28, 2017
Her father's confusion over what she believed to be 'female', at the same time denying an abusive past and surviving the holocaust, highlights the troubles of adopting another identity as a form of escape.
Faludi's attempt to understand her father, however, is deeply moving - trying to process her previous actions with her past and her present is an account that many can relate to. Her passion to find out the enigma that is her father is commendable and there were many times I shed a tear listening to this tale of much sorrow.
It really is a masterpiece of writing and will go down as an important piece of literature for this decade.
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Strong Island (2017) in Movies
Sep 15, 2017
However, this was rather different. This wasn't about getting to the bottom of a mystery. This was about a family's personal tragedy - in this case, the family of the director Yance Ford. At the time of this film she had not started her transition to becoming transgender, so he now refers as a male.
His story is about the death of his older brother William, shot dead by a white man in dubious self defence circumstances. It shows how his family struggled to cope in the aftermath, and there's a scene where the director cries in agony and it is sheer horror to watch it. A delicately tragic insight into Ford's trauma.
Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling in TV
Jan 18, 2021
I rather enjoyed this reboot, it felt the same as the 90s version but has upto date things such as smart phones and even transgender issues which was fab. It's a shame it was only a one off as I would love to see it make a full come back.