[Ed. note: this is a guest post by a blogger from one of our sister organizations, Powered By Girl] by Jamie Martina After my eyes adjusted to the deluge of perfect pecs and smooth bodies gyrating in athletic finesse, I saw past the blinding stage lights, past the penis pump, past the sleaze-ball that is Matthew McConaughey —…
by Shanzeh Khurram There’s a new type of plastic surgery on the rise. It sounds scary, it’s quite unnecessary if you ask me, and its mere existence might shock some people. It’s plastic surgery for vaginas. Yes, for vaginas. Apparently, women are not only expected to have perfect skin, legs, breasts, hips (the long list…
by Jenny Sim In light of our Keep it Real challenge with Miss Rep, LoveSocial, and I Am That Girl, and Seventeen’s recent promise to never alter the faces or bodies of its models, I wanted to dedicate my first blog to talking about advertising in East Asian countries. The Korean community is heavily celebrity-focused:…
by Izzy Labbe My birthday was on July 22nd. I turned fourteen. Birthdays have always been the best day of the year for me – well, okay, birthdays and Christmas. But that’s because of presents. Birthdays are even more special than just presents, though – they’re about growing older, growing wiser – and for those…
by Anya Josephs Young women hear a lot of messages coming from the media, and most of aren’t very positive. Three in four girls feel worse about themselves after reading fashion magazines. A 1996 study found that teen girls’ exposure to certain types of TV programming affected their body dissatisfaction. Watching TV lowers the self-esteem…
by Alice Wilder Parks and Recreation’s Leslie Knope cares. “It’s kind of my thing,” she says. That’s why I love her. Leslie is the protagonist of NBC’s Parks and Recreation and the deputy director of Pawnee, Indiana’s department of parks and recreation. Aside from being a delightful character, she’s a great role model. From her…
by Ty Slobe Last July when I got to Chile, the girls in my exchange program started complaining right away about street harassment. Our program director told us that we should get used to it, that it is “part of the culture,” that we should be flattered. At that point I had already taken enough…
by Seila Rizvic Limor Fried is an MIT graduate and engineer and the head of Adafruit Industries. Her goal is to empower a growing subculture of “makers” (do-it-yourself technology hackers and builders) with products and resources to facilitate their projects. Fried has been featured in The New York Times, Businessweek, Forbes and even graced the…