It’s time to stop telling women their voices are less worthy of being heard

It’s okay for a boy to obsess over the Premiership. But the same rules don’t apply to teen girls, says Young Adult Writer of the Year Louise O’Neill. 

I recently attended YALC, the Young Adult Literature Convention, in London. It’s a new (and highly successful) feature of Comic Con and I was honoured when I was asked to be involved.

Following my appearance on a panel discussing sex in young adult literature, I was ushered off stage to sign books.