Stereotypes, stereotypes, stereotypes. It’s hard to believe that in a world where the majority of us (those who are fortunate enough, anyway) can be educated in ANY topic and kept up-to-date about ANY news story simply by clicking a button, can remain so...
‘I’m all I want to be’ – sang Courtney Love on the opening track of Hole’s 1994 album Celebrity Skin. As I began to edit this month’s issue of GNI, I was bursting with pride for the solidarity shown for our sisters in Ireland,...
Dear Reader, It’s issue 30 of Girl News International, which sounds very grown up. Of course, as with any momentous occasion, we welcome this issue as celebration, and do we have BIG news about girl’s all over the world! At the end of last month, this came...
Dear Reader, As we approach the New Year, this month’s issue of GNI is about reflection and looking to redefine what it will mean to be a girl in 2018. The Balthus exhibition at The Met is certainly a start. In light of the #MeToo campaign, museum educators have...
Dear Reader, In his seminal 1972 study, Ways of Seeing, John Berger analysed the prominence of the male gaze, stating that ‘women were the principal, ever-recurring subject.’ Since then, there have been many feminist iterations that have spoken against the...
