Tag Archives: Girls
An open letter to Seventeen Magazine
TweetTo the Staff of Seventeen Magazine, I bought the April 2013 issue of Seventeen for an activity I led with middle school girls: We wanted to find images in magazines of women who look photoshopped, natural, or happy. Since Seventeen is apparently Photoshop free now, we thought your magazine would be full of positive images [...]
My view on how relationships and media affects young girls
TweetI have learned over the years that there’s so many tv shows that can be degrading to women. Shows like Toddlers and Tiaras can really affect a young girl when they are older, if they are told that they have to be perfect and have to look like an adult it can affect their mental [...]
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In Defense of the Girls Who Love Twilight
Tweet A SYTYCB Entry (image courtesy of AccessHollywood.com) Several summers ago I was working at an overnight camp as an arts and crafts director/counselor help, and as usual, I had a cabin full of middle school aged girls. If you’ve ever worked with kids before, you probably know that there’s always a few who are [...]
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From Girlfriends to Girls: The Hackneyed Issue of Multiculturalism in Primetime Television
Tweet Although Lena Dunham’s semi-autobiographical and HBO-aired series Girls has been in existence for only three months, it has already been met with quite a bit of backlash from pundits who argue that the show promotes a narrow, whites-only version of New York City. When confronted with these criticisms, Dunham maintains that the show is [...]
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Cultivating a New Generation of Young Female Leaders