Out On A Lim, YAL!

About Out On A Lim, YAL!

Teens are under constant pressure—from teachers to TikTok, influencers to Instagram, parents to peers, coaches to colleges, everyone has an idea about who young people are and who they should be. With so many conflicting messages, how can today’s teens drown out the noise to discover their own voices? In this podcast series, four English teachers discuss the role of contemporary young adult literature in helping teens journey from adolescent to adult.

Publisher

Damon261

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jun 2021

Latest episode

12 Jul 2021

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Jul 2021

   Beyond the Binary: Transgender Narratives in YA Literature

   In this episode, we discuss the narratives of two transgender teens in the texts Luna and Felix Ever After.

2. 

   2 Jul 2021

   Episode 3: The Liminal Space and Death: The Space Between Merely Dead and Sincerely Dead

   In this episode, we discuss the texts Ghost Boys by Jewel Parker Rhodes and Cold Bath Street by A.J. Hartley. In both texts, the protagonists are each young adolescent boys who find themselves navigating their way in the space between their death and what comes next, all while exploring their purpose.

3. 

   21 Jun 2021

   "Kill the Boy Band": Exploring Representations of Fangirls and the Objects of their Affection

   In this installment, we discuss Gold Moldavsky's "Kill the Boy Band," One Direction, and the use of social media in creating the Directioners fan community.

4. 

   11 Jun 2021

   Exploring the Liminal Spaces Betwixt and Between Booksmart and the Bell Jar

   In this episode, we incorporate insights gleaned from the likes of Turner and Tully into our discussion of characters represented in particularly feminist (or post-feminist) texts. In the movie Booksmart, Molly and Amy, the quintessential "best friends forever," are two high school seniors one day before their graduation. Molly is a great example of what Tully calls "trainwreck feminism." In Sylvia Plath's roman å clef, The Bell Jar, Esther is a vivid illustration of how Friedan's "Problem With No Name" may have started for many women.

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