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                The article “Using Young Adult Novels to Make Sense of #MeToo”, by Julia Jacobs, focuses on the issue of domestic violence that young adult books are helping spread awareness for. I connect with this article, not because I have experienced any domestic violence, but because I think of myself as a writer and want to try and spread important ideals like this one. I believe that it’s our mission as writers to inform our readers of topics that may affect them even if they’re difficult to talk about. And we can tell our readers about these topics by not only writing news articles, but by writing novels that still enforce the same messages.

                This text made some good points on how the #MeToo movement, is helping young readers everywhere understand more about this topic. I agreed with the message that came across, which was that teenagers need to be more open and understanding of this topic so that they know what to do if they are ever in this situation.

In our society rape and domestic violence isn’t necessarily a conversation that people want to have. We treat it as a topic that shouldn’t be approached, and in result, people aren’t sure what to do if this abuse happens to them. Even those who haven’t experienced something like this, don’t recognize the warning signs in their own friends and family, because it’s such a closed discussion. On page four of the article “Using Young Adult Novels to Make Sense of #MeToo”, Laurie Halse Anderson, author of “Speak” talks about how teens don’t understand what happened to the main character of her novel, who was raped. The article states, “…it was clear that many had previously lacked the language to understand what happened to Melinda, her main character—or even what happened in their own lives.” This shows that young adults need to read and learn more about rape and domestic violence.

                The idea of this article is an important topic and matters because if young adults aren’t aware of what’s okay and what’s not, then they may get into a situation of abuse, and either not know what to do or not know that it’s wrong. However, if we expose people to this, they can then begin to understand that these things are not okay and tell someone they trust if they have a problem.

                In conclusion, I believe that this article is an important issue, that needs to be spread, so that young adults can be well-informed.