Adora Svitak was only 12 years old when she did her TED talk and I have to confess I was pretty surprised when I saw her standing up on stage looking so young and yet so confident. As I’m sure many others did I wondered what it was a 12 year old...
Possibly the most impressive TED talk I’ve seen in a while was by Tavi Gevinson, who was only 15 at the time. She started making a name for herself at the age of 11 with her blog Style Rookie in which she posted pictures of herself wearing various...
Wang Mu Niang Niang, Queen Mother of the West, is the Chinese Tao goddess of life, fertility and immortality. Originally presented with the teeth of a tiger and as a goddess who brought plague and natural disaster she later reformed and for centuries has been known as...
This is the final blog post in this special interview series, within which Megan Sormus (Northumbria University) talked to Girl Museum about Riot Grrrl and her own ideas about girlhood. Passionate about music and music scenes herself, Megan talks about the...
We are introduced to Charlotte Brontë’s most famous heroine, Jane Eyre, whilst she is a 10 year old child. An orphan, young Jane lives with her detestable Aunt Reed and her two cousins, Master and Miss Reed. Regularly abused by her aunt...
