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National Youth Poet Laureate: Amanda Gorman
As the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman was already known prior to her US Inauguration Day poetry reading. But "The Hill We Climb" launched her into the stratosphere. Former First Lady Michelle Obama called Gorman a “poet who set the country on...
Amal Azzudin and the Glasgow Girls
Amal Azzudin is an Egyptian-Scottish social justice activist. She co-founded the Glasgow Girls, a group of seven young women who fought against the harsh treatment that asylum seekers faced. The group was formed in response to the detention of one of their friends, in...
Movie Review: easy A (2010)
The movie poster for easy A (2010). Easy A (2010) is an American teen comedy-drama movie directed by Will Gluck. The screenplay was partially inspired by the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Easy A is narrated by Olive Penderghast (played by...
Ballet Blanc to Ballet Black: European aesthetics of the ballet industry
In this three part series, Junior Girl and ballet dancer Georgia Licence examines the aesthetics of race and body in the ballet industry. In this first post, she looks at the legacy of white European ideals and cultural imaginations of the ballet industry as a whole,...
Movie Review: Booksmart (2019)
Promotional poster for Booksmart (2019) Booksmart is a 2020 American coming-of-age comedy about two best friends. Molly and Amy have always kept their heads down and worked hard to get into the best colleges. Their hard work has paid off and they are now about to...
Movie Review: Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird Movie Poster Greta Gerwig’s 2017 movie Lady Bird is a coming-of-age comedy-drama. The movie is set in the 2000s and follows the story of Christine McPherson who is in her senior year at a Catholic high school in Sacramento, California. Christine hopes to...
A week of Ramadan in a Muslim Girl’s calendar
She-1 sits crouched in one corner of the overlooking balcony drinking her cup of prized tea hidden away from the little monsters prowling her hearth in an anticipation of catching her red-handed through her drink gambit. The crime in question is not observing Ramadan...
Art vs Artist: The Hypocritical Feminism of Joss Whedon
Actress Charisma Carpenter in Angel. In February of this year, actress Charisma Carpenter released a statement on Instagram that sent shockwaves through numerous fandoms. She detailed the abuse and bullying that she suffered at the hands of Joss Whedon during her time...
The Evolution of Barbie: A Marker for Women’s History
Feature dolls from Barbie’s Inspiring Women collection. Left to right: Amelia Earhart, Frida Khalo, Katherine Johnson. Different mediums have long been used to inform on the past. Music has shown the shifting political climate of different decades, movies have tracked...
Presentations of Female Strength in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
A screencap from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018), series 5 episode 12 in which Adora discusses the fate of the world with her She-Ra predecessor, Mara. She-Ra has quickly become one of my favourite TV shows of all time since sobbing my way through all five...