by Angela Batuure I went to a weird elementary school. It was a hybrid between co-educational and single sex classrooms. The idea was that as children grow older, the differences between the ways boys and girls learned beomce more distinct: kindergartners and first graders had co-ed classes, but from second grade to 8th grade, the…
by Madeleine Nesbitt Despite the fact that the first known novel was penned by a woman, the devaluation of female-produced literature has presided over the literary arts since they came to exist. Women continue to go by initials in hopes of being taken for a man (example a: J.K. Rowling), and the 2013 VIDA Count points out that women…
by Maya Brown, Sam Holmes, and Madeleine Nesbitt In the past couple of weeks, the media has blown up about why the first female executive editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson, was fired. Some sources claimed that she was fired because she brought in a lawyer to talk with her boss, Arthur Sulzberger,…
by Sam Holmes Dear Linda Holmes, My Aunt first showed me one of your blogs over a year ago. That introduction has been, without a doubt, one of the greatest gifts that she has given me in the past 18 years. First and foremost, I have to say thank you. I am one of many people…
by Anya Josephs This post contains graphic descriptions of eating disorders that may be triggering to some readers. As Sartre once said—hell is other people. I read this in my theatre of the absurd class this semester. Presumably, I also heard it when I read the play in high school, but I don’t remember. Most…
SPARK is producing a new play in New York City! The SPARKteam Players are a troupe of writer/performer/activist girls from SPARK Movement in and near New York City who use theater to address and challenge the issues that girls face daily. This spring, a superstar group of seven young women have been working for six…
by Montgomery Jones There are so many wonderful things that can be said about Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o. She seemingly appeared on the Hollywood scene out of nowhere. Actresses spend years and money trying to reach the success that Lupita has garnered from her performance in 12 Years a Slave as Patsy. Lupita caught…
By Jenn Chmielewski Okay, let me get real with you when it comes to my perspective on how sexualized girls are in the media and advertising. Just a couple weeks ago, I was shopping online trying to find some leggings to keep me warm before spring finally came. As I sat browsing through images of…