Archive for tag: relationships

21.012018September 10, 2019

Notes on Femme and Fiction

Notes on Femme and Fiction

By Jenn MonroeIn FeaturedTags #fiction, femme, gender, identity, Justine Champine, Leslie Feinberg, literature, media, queer, relationships, representation, Stone Butch Blues, teens, writing

I’m 15 and my girlfriend, my first girlfriend, is sitting before me on the floor wearing a tie. She can’t wear the tie at home....

15.102014September 9, 2019

Report from the Field: Youth Poetry Slam

Report from the Field: Youth Poetry Slam

By Jessica ReidyIn Featured, Reports from the FieldTags boys and girls, cypher, discrimination, freestyle, gender, Manhattan, poetry slam, Poets House, race, relationships, stereotypes

Every year, a poetry slam is held at Poets House in Manhattan. Boys and girls from high schools and middle schools all over NYC come...