Girl Reviews
Our Girl Reviews showscases blogs that discuss how girls are portrayed in and impacted by books, movies, television shows, live performances, museums and exhibits, games, and products.
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Book Review: The Buddha in the Attic
Junior Girl Rebekah Mills reviews The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka, a historical fiction novel about Japanese picture brides.
Film Review: Titanic and Rose’s Rebellion
Junior Girl Noelle Belanger reviews the classic film, Titanic, and talks about Rose’s rebellion from her upper class, rigid upbringing.
Book Review: Growing Up Perempuan
Junior Girl Syirene Mahdhar reviews Growing Up Perempuan, a collection of essays about what it’s like to grow up as a girl in Singapore.
Review: The Legend of Korra
Korra from The Legend of Korra. Fair Use. You might be familiar with the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which ran from 2005 to 2008. The animated children’s series was known for its fantastical world building, super-powered fight scenes, emotional plot...
TV Review: The White Queen
The historical drama The White Queen drew me in right from the beginning. Based on the "Cousins' War" novels by Philippa Gregory, it tells the story of the rise of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV, during the Wars of the Roses. The show entwines witchcraft,...
Girl Museum at IGSA
Junior Girl Libby Serra talks about her experience at the International Girls Studies Conference at Notre Dame in February.
Film Review: Period. End of Sentence.
Contemporary Art Manager Scarlett Evans reviews the short documentary, Period. End of Sentence., which won an Academy Award in February 2019.
Book Review: Mambo in Chinatown
Sage Daugherty reviews Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok. The novel is about a 22-year-old girl who accidentally becomes a dance teacher and fights to make a better life for her family.
Book Review: Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (And Other Lies)
Contributing Writer Tia Shah reviews the book, Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies), curated by activist and feminist, Scarlett Curtis.
A Galentine to Madam Secretary
Dear Madam Secretary, Thank you for your positive female role models, who are smart, strong, compassionate women that work tirelessly to make the world a better place.
Video Game Review: Night in the Woods
Junior Girl Sara Dorfman reviews the popular video game, Night in the Woods, and discusses the perception around the video game industry.
Museum Review: The Jorvik Viking Centre
Read on for a review of the Jorvik Viking Centre in England, and the representation of women and girls in the museum and in Viking culture.
Book Review: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Junior Girl Niamh Hanrahan reviews Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s Dear Ijeawale, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions.
Book Review: There’s Someone inside Your House
There’s Someone inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins follows high school student Makani Young as she settles into her new life in Nebraska. She moved from Hawaii under mysterious circumstances, but quickly makes friends and, as with many YA books, finds romance. Her...
Museum Review: Women’s Place in Parliament
Junior Girl Emily Clarke reviews an exhibition called Women’s Place in Parliament and delves into the more recent history of the women’s movement.
Book Review: Fashion As Photograph
Junior Amber Barnes reviews a chapter of Fashion as Photograph, a book that delves into the history and visuals of the fashion world.
Book Review: The Underground Girls of Kabul
Associate Editor Sage Daugherty reviews The Underground Girls of Kabul, a book by investigative journalist Jenny Nordberg about girls’ lives in Afghanistan.
TV Review: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Appropriately for Halloween, Associate Editor Sage Daugherty reviews the first episode of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Read at your own risk.
Museum Review: London Transport Museum
Junior Girl Emily Clarke reviews Poster Girls, an exhibition at the London Transport Museum. The exhibition is open until January 2019.
Book Review: Girl Overboard
Associate Editor Sage Daugherty reviews Girl Overboard by Justina Chen Headley, a novel about a girl and her experiences on and off the snowboarding slopes.