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,...
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...
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’,...
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,...
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...
