Welcome to Let's Talk About Sex in YA (3 May 2021)

Prof Kim Reynolds - The Literary Sweet Spot: Sex in US and UK YA Fiction, 1975-1995 (3 May 2021)

Stacy Collins & Dr Yolanda Hood - Librarians in Conversation (5 May 2021)

Dr Lydia Kokkola - Desiring Bodies: Reading the Adolescent Body (7 May 2021)

Closing Let's Talk About Sex in YA (7 May 2021)

Dr Lisa Chu Shen - Femininity and Masculinity in Contemporary Chinese Children's Literature (8 May 2021)

Author Talk with Abdi Nazemian

'Just Be Careful': Sexual Desire And Autism In YA Novels - Audrey Coussy Recording

'Just Be Careful': Sexual Desire And Autism In YA Novels - Audrey Coussy Transcript

Tamora Pierce Was My Judy Blume: Sex (Ed) in YA Fantasy - Podcast Leah Phillips and Corinne Matthews Recording

Tamora Pierce Was My Judy Blume: Sex (Ed) in YA Fantasy - Podcast Leah Phillips and Corinne Matthews Transcript

Polyamory in Fantasy YA: What's Stopping Us - Stephanie Lyttle Recording

Polyamory in Fantasy YA: What's Stopping Us - Stephanie Lyttle Transcript

Dealing With Sexuality In Fairy Tales: The Case Of 'Tangleweed And Brine' - Luca Sarti Recording

Dealing With Sexuality In Fairy Tales: The Case Of 'Tangleweed And Brine' - Luca Sarti Transcript

Blue desire: Mutual pleasures and new political futures in Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer duology - Carrie Spencer Recording

Blue desire: Mutual pleasures and new political futures in Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer duology - Carrie Spencer Transcript

Tamora Pierce, Sex and Fantasy Literature - Madison McLeod Recording

‘Love, it came unbidden’: Incest in siblings who assume parental responsibilities as teenagers in Flowers in the Attic (1979) and Forbidden (2010) - Emma O'Brien Recording

‘Love, it came unbidden’: Incest in siblings who assume parental responsibilities as teenagers in Flowers in the Attic (1979) and Forbidden (2010) - Emma O'Brien Transcript

“The secret is that the secret changes”: Sex and Taboo in India and Indian Young Adult Fiction - Ritwika Roy Recording

“The secret is that the secret changes”: Sex and Taboo in India and Indian Young Adult Fiction - Ritwika Roy Transcript

The Controversy Over Netflix’s Jinn: A Silver Lining? - Reham Almutairi Recording

The Controversy Over Netflix’s Jinn: A Silver Lining? - Reham Almutairi Transcript

The long, hot summer – about eroticism in Polish YA fiction - Agnieszka Kocznur Recording

The long, hot summer – about eroticism in Polish YA fiction - Agnieszka Kocznur Transcript

Sex in Harry Potter: The Case of Voldemort - Hiroe Suzuki Recording

Sex in Harry Potter: The Case of Voldemort - Hiroe Suzuki Transcript

Love and desire in picturebooks. The portrayal of sexual and romantic relationships in visual narratives for YA readers - Dalila Forni Recording

Love and desire in picturebooks. The portrayal of sexual and romantic relationships in visual narratives for YA readers - Dalila Forni Transcript

Sex and Sexiness in YA Nonfiction - Kenneth Kidd Recording

Sex and Sexiness in YA Nonfiction - Kenneth Kidd Transcript

Writing Sex in YA Fiction - Sylvia Hehir Recording

Writing Sex in YA Fiction - Sylvia Hehir Transcript

"The problem with wanting": Sexuality and power in Slavic-influenced young adult fantasy literature - Victoria Bovalino Recording

"The problem with wanting": Sexuality and power in Slavic-influenced young adult fantasy literature - Victoria Bovalino Transcript

Let’s talk about sex! Sex education in Norwegian picturebooks for children - Åse Marie Ommundsen Recording

Let’s talk about sex! Sex education in Norwegian picturebooks for children - Åse Marie Ommundsen Transcript Summary

JK Rowling and the Chamber of Queerbaiting: HIV/AIDS, Queer-coding, and LGBT+ (Non) Representation in Harry Potter - Taylor Allgeier-Follett Recording

JK Rowling and the Chamber of Queerbaiting: HIV/AIDS, Queer-coding, and LGBT+ (Non) Representation in Harry Potter - Taylor Allgeier-Follett Transcript

Gay Sex is the Last Taboo: How L.C. Rosen’s Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) and B.T. Gottfred’s The Handsome Girl and Her Beautiful Boy Are Bringing LGBTQIA+ Sex Education to YA Fiction - Charles Worrell Recording

Gay Sex is the Last Taboo: How L.C. Rosen’s Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) and B.T. Gottfred’s The Handsome Girl and Her Beautiful Boy Are Bringing LGBTQIA+ Sex Education to YA Fiction - Charles Worrell Transcript

It's OK to be Confused: LGBTQAI+ YA Novels as Sexuality Health Information - Kristie Escobar Recording

It's OK to be Confused: LGBTQAI+ YA Novels as Sexuality Health Information - Kristie Escobar Transcript

Playing with Yourself - Emma Reay Recording

Playing with Yourself - Emma Reay Transcript

Consent in Lovebus - Vera Veldhuizen Recording

Consent in Lovebus - Vera Veldhuizen Transcript

Sexy Feelings: Evocative Style Features in YA Texts (a work in progress) - Karen Coats Recording

Sexy Feelings: Evocative Style Features in YA Texts (a work in progress) - Karen Coats Transcript

'YA Readers and Sexuality in YA Fiction.' - Jane O'Hanlon and Kathleen Moran Recording

'YA Readers and Sexuality in YA Fiction.' - Jane O'Hanlon and Kathleen Moran Transcripts

Liberating or Limiting? “Rape Culture” in Louise O’Neill’s Asking For It and Isabel Quintero’s Gabi, A Girl in Pieces - Jennifer Mooney Recording

Liberating or Limiting? “Rape Culture” in Louise O’Neill’s Asking For It and Isabel Quintero’s Gabi, A Girl in Pieces - Jennifer Mooney Transcript

“I couldn’t escape. I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to”: Sexuality in Young Adult Fantasy Literature - Elizabeth Little Recording

“I couldn’t escape. I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to”: Sexuality in Young Adult Fantasy Literature - Elizabeth Little Transcript

'When Something is Wrong We Write it' The Portrayal of FGM in Children's and YA Literature - Ann Alston Recording

'When Something is Wrong We Write it' The Portrayal of FGM in Children's and YA Literature - Ann Alston Transcript

Kebabs, hummus and pitas: euphemistic anal sex in Michael Barakiva’s Hold My Hand - Odhran O'Donoghue Recording

Kebabs, hummus and pitas: euphemistic anal sex in Michael Barakiva’s Hold My Hand - Odhran O'Donoghue Transcript

YA Sex Education Manuals - Mark McBeth Recording

YA Sex Education Manuals - Mark McBeth Transcript

When Harry met James: sex and the disparate yet parallel worlds of Harry Potter and CHERUB - Sarah Mokrzycki Recording

When Harry met James: sex and the disparate yet parallel worlds of Harry Potter and CHERUB - Sarah Mokrzycki Transcript

Using Queer Theory to Unpack Sex, Physical Intimacy, and Consent in LGBTQ YA Literature - Jenna Spiering and Kate Kedley Recording

Using Queer Theory to Unpack Sex, Physical Intimacy, and Consent in LGBTQ YA Literature - Jenna Spiering and Kate Kedley Transcript

Sex and Sexual Violence in YA Literature of Atrocity - Sarah Minslow Recording

Sex and Sexual Violence in YA Literature of Atrocity - Sarah Minslow Transcript

How not to talk about sexual abuse: The commodification of the representation of sexual abuse in young adult media - Stefanie Jakobi Recording

How not to talk about sexual abuse: The commodification of the representation of sexual abuse in young adult media - Stefanie Jakobi Transcript

‘I would lose him if I said no’: Consent and gaslighting in The Places I’ve Cried in Public - Amy Naylor Recording

‘I would lose him if I said no’: Consent and gaslighting in The Places I’ve Cried in Public - Amy Naylor Transcript

The Male Victim of Sexual Abuse in YA Novels: An Overview - Carla Plieth Recording

The Male Victim of Sexual Abuse in YA Novels: An Overview - Carla Plieth Transcript

“Born or Grown? Artificial Wombs in Young Adult Fiction” - Aline Ferreira Recording

“Born or Grown? Artificial Wombs in Young Adult Fiction” - Aline Ferreira Transcript

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Love and Sex in Young Adult Literature by African American Authors - Yolanda Hood Recording

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Love and Sex in Young Adult Literature by African American Authors - Yolanda Hood Transcript

Sexually Activated? ordinary intimacies in British YA - Alison Waller Recording

Sexually Activated? ordinary intimacies in British YA - Alison Waller Transcript

“Sexual Identity in Nina Lacour’s We Are Okay” - Guilherme Magri da Rocha Recording

“Sexual Identity in Nina Lacour’s We Are Okay” - Guilherme Magri da Rocha Transcript

“Now here I am 23...Hal Robinson only just 17...and all I can think of is that he turns me on”: Young female professionalism in the draft versions of Aidan Chambers’ Dance on My Grave - Andrea Davidson Recording

“Now here I am 23...Hal Robinson only just 17...and all I can think of is that he turns me on”: Young female professionalism in the draft versions of Aidan Chambers’ Dance on My Grave - Andrea Davidson Transcript

“Love is one of the choices”: Norma Klein, sex, and the Künstlerroman - Dawn Sardella-Ayres Recording

“Love is one of the choices”: Norma Klein, sex, and the Künstlerroman - Dawn Sardella-Ayres Transcript

Can't Get Enough: Narratives of Hope (?) and Sex in Post-Millenial YAL - Tita Kyrtsakas Recording

Can't Get Enough: Narratives of Hope (?) and Sex in Post-Millenial YAL - Tita Kyrtsakas Transcript

No (Wo)Man’s Land: Traversing the Borderlands of YA Female Sexual Agency in Netflix’s Sex Education and Doueiri’s Lila Says - Jennifer Smith Recording

No (Wo)Man’s Land: Traversing the Borderlands of YA Female Sexual Agency in Netflix’s Sex Education and Doueiri’s Lila Says - Jennifer Smith Transcript

Blood, Sex, and Teeth: Exploring Female Desire and Pleasure in the Werewolf Narrative - Annika Herb Recording

Blood, Sex, and Teeth: Exploring Female Desire and Pleasure in the Werewolf Narrative - Annika Herb Transcript

When Paper Puppy Meets Beijing Doll: Reading Adolescent Female Sexuality in two Chinese Youth Novels - Yan Du (Zoe) Recording

When Paper Puppy Meets Beijing Doll: Reading Adolescent Female Sexuality in two Chinese Youth Novels - Yan Du (Zoe) Transcript