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    Kelsey Olesen

    Young Adult Fantasy Writer

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    Getting Rid of Cultural Appropriation in Your Life & Writing
    Kelsey Olesen
    • Apr 6, 2018
    • 4 min

    Getting Rid of Cultural Appropriation in Your Life & Writing

    I am sharing this story with you, no matter how embarrassing and shameful, because I believe that all of us have something, large or small,
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    Books You Should Be Reading: Thorn by Intisar Khanani
    Kelsey Olesen
    • Nov 3, 2017
    • 5 min

    Books You Should Be Reading: Thorn by Intisar Khanani

    Hello all! I have a few blog posts in process, but this week I want to talk about something I'm really excited about: One of my favorite self-published authors was picked up just last month for a traditional-publishing contract with HarperTeen! Because blogging is not all about me, but also about supporting artists I admire and recommending books that I think you would all enjoy, I'd like to talk about this incredible and inspiring YA-fantasy author: Intisar Khanani! In 2015,
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    Creating a New World: A Defense of Children's Literature and Diverse Books
    Kelsey Olesen
    • Sep 22, 2017
    • 6 min

    Creating a New World: A Defense of Children's Literature and Diverse Books

    No matter what their ethnicity, children can learn about a real world full of diverse life experiences through diverse representation in the
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    How to be The Witch
    Kelsey Olesen
    • Jul 7, 2017
    • 4 min

    How to be The Witch

    When most people think of a witch, they imagine wicked old witches who eat children and put curses on people. A witch is the shadow across a moon, the evil in a stranger, and the threat of what happens to women if they become too full of their own power. In recent years, witches have started changing into something else. The image of mindless evil from Wizard of Oz has been transformed into a heartbreaking love story in Wicked. The word "witch" in stories no longer even indic
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    The Unexpected Problem of Federal Student Loans
    Kelsey Olesen
    • May 19, 2017
    • 5 min

    The Unexpected Problem of Federal Student Loans

    This week I am going to talk about something I find highly embarrassing, but which too many of us deal with to ignore. Student Loans. *runs for cover, hides in the bushes, pushes out Spicer, who is fed on by ravenous FedLoan servicers* What is so embarrassing about something 44.2 million Americans are struggling with every month? We aren't supposed to talk about this $1.31 trillion dollars of debt we collectively have, but we're also not supposed to demand socialized higher e
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