Head Girl Rants: Next to Normal

Every day I read about girls and girl culture. It is my job, and it is my life. Inspiring and uplifting, and yes, very depressing at times. We are still driving a global agenda of perfection and homogeneity. The stories about girls who take their own lives because of...

Head Girl Rants: By any other name

Girl. Grrrl. Gurl. Gyrle. It used to mean “child.” It wasn’t until the 1600s that the word “girl” meant only a female child. Why does the word make so many people angry, while for others it is empowering? Like everything else in the...

Head Girl Rants: Express Yourself

“Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.” Madonna We all hear songs differently at our different ages and stages. Being a young teen when this song came out, I was not in the relationship or self-help headspace yet. So it was more a focus on the...

Head Girl Rants: Feminism is for Everyone

“Girls don’t drink coffee.” “Girls don’t drive tractors.” When my three-year-old said these two statements, they struck fear into my heart as a feminist, one trying to raise a feminist son. And while I didn’t think all was...

Head Girl Rants: Girl Power Birthday

On New Year’s Eve ten years ago I slept on the floor of an empty apartment in Brooklyn. With only my coat for a pillow and blanket, I was pretty sure it was time to leave New York. I had a Masters degree in Art history and sent out over a hundred resumes over...

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