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bell hooks in Hopkinsville
At a small museum in a small Kentucky town, I found bell hooks' girlhood. Visiting during a recent museums conference, I was exploring the many displays at the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County: home to many intriguing historical figures. And among the...
Meet the Interns: Glafira Soldatova
Country: Netherlands Short bio: I am a student in the International Master’s programme “Children’s Literature, Media and Culture”. During the semester abroad at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, I am focusing on the transcultural dimensions of children’s...
Girlhoods at Liminal Spaces: Thinking of Magazines, Then and Now
Girl magazines also built communication networks. The bravest ones could write to editors so their question or letter would be published. Magazines were also useful for local communities. Girls could read them together and engage in new activities together. We connected.
Girlhood Hobbies: Band and Colorguard
I've been into musical instruments for what feels like all of my life, but fifth grade is when I really fell in love with it. The summer before fifth grade, I knew what was coming that next school year: band. My cousin, who was a few years ahead of me, told so many...
Review of Barbie: The Movie, Better late than Never
Contrary to what most people I have talked to believe, this film was not for children. It was for everyone else. My partner loved the film as well. We both laughed hard.
Remembering Frances Wright
Tiffany examines the life of feminist and reformer Frances Wright, a Scottish-American writer often overlooked in history.
The Kiss that Should Not Have Been
“He’s a bad man,” said my son straight away when he saw the picture of Spanish player Jenni Hermoso’s head being held and kissed forcibly by Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish football federation. He may have also seen my face of utter disgust and...
Don’t Shame the Fat Bottomed Girls
This week, child-friendly streaming service Yoto decided to pull one of the most beloved Queen songs - "Fat Bottomed Girls" - from the Greatest Hits album when it was added to their platform. Though the band agreed, fans are outraged at the censorship. The...
Keeper of Memories
When a long lost friend or a cousin brings up an incident of my childhood, my memories take up the most vivid and luminous forms of corporeality.
Notes on a Digital Appearance
Loriann reflects on her experience as a girl growing up online and how she is reframing the way she thinks about beauty standards and her own digital appearance.