30.11.2018: Facebook, off the hook?

Nov 29, 2018

Social media can be used for all sorts of cool things these days – from simple info sharing, to liking, loving, laughing, crying to building networks outside of ‘in real life’ spaces and feminist hashtag activism (read: #ThisGirlCan, #EverydaySexism, and of course,...

Letter from the Editor XXXI

Nov 29, 2018

Last issue, we opened with the pertinent statement that girlhood defines who we are as women. As we will see in this issue, however, it seems that while the ‘girl’ is at once celebrated as a site of possibility, she has just as much been unfairly criticized and...

15th September 2018: Sau-nding off! Saudi Girls hit the Airwaves

Sep 16, 2018

Did someone say Feminist FM? Introducing ‘Nsawya FM’ – Saudi Arabia’s first ever all-female (and volunteer) radio show. With a manifesto of giving a ‘voice of the silent majority and raising awareness of women’s rights’, the weekly programme is part of a sea change...

Letter from the Editor XXXVI

Sep 16, 2018

Dear Reader, This issue is all about acknowledging that young women—no matter what race, religion, class, or gender—are ‘real’. It’s an odd thing that, still, in the twenty-first century, girls are having to prove that they are real, fight for their voices to be...

Letter from the Editor XXXIV

Aug 14, 2018

Dear Reader, Statements or stereotypes? There really is a fine line, as new research from Stanford University proves. This research reveals that even well-meaning language, when applied to young women and girls, can actually become demeaning, spread stereotypes and...

Pin It on Pinterest