Author: Kelly Jensen

The target? Comics. Over the next three weeks of Literary Activism’s Friday roundups, we’re going to take a look at the past, present, and future of comics censorship. All three of these posts feature the voices of scholars whose work has included exploring comics and book bans, and they’ll offer insight into why it is this literary format has constantly drawn criticism and condemnation in America–a land that likes to tell a story of being open minded and being a land of free speech and press, but a land where those are indeed stories. Brian Puaca, Professor of History at…

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen Yesterday, October 23, 2025, the state of Utah quietly added yet another book to its list of titles that must be removed from…

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen Next week is the third annual Prison Banned Books Week. In preparation, let’s take a look at the necessity to address this rampant…

Tangleroot by Kalela Williams Noni Reid has grown up with a mother who is a renowned Black literature scholar, and Dr. Castine is offered the role of president at Stonepost College in Virginia, she and Noni relocate. They’ve moved into a house on Tangleroot Plantation, and Noni has to reckon with losing her friends, her old school, and an internship she was really excited about. Cuffee Fortune, one of Noni’s ancestors, built Tangleroot Plantation, and Dr. Castine is convinced that Cuffee is also responsible for founding Stonepost College. She is making it her mission to find proof and use it to change the name of…

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen As we round out Banned Books Week, here’s your reminder that a week of “celebrating” banned books isn’t enough. Now take that passion for intellectual freedom, the rights of readers, the rights of authors, and the need to protect institutions…

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen It’s been a stellar year in book cover design, and the third quarter of 2025 continues to prove this. Designers have upped their…

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen As more book bans and attacks on the First Amendment rights of American citizens continue, so, too, do the lawsuits aimed at stopping…

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen Back in 2023, I wrote about how the average age of the most commonly banned books is 14 years old. The books being…

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen In another blow to the First Amendment Rights of library users, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida ruled that the Escambia County school board did not violate student or author rights when it pulled And…

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen In March 2025, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was gutted by the Trump administration. Two different lawsuits emerged as a result. The first came from a coalition of 21 state attorneys general against Trump (Rhode Island vs.…