by Crystal Ogar Girl Scouts is an organization that is extremely important to me. Having been a Girl Scout for 11 years–exactly half of my life–it shocked me to read about the anti-abortion rights website targeting this organization. Two Texas teenagers named Tess and Sydney Volanski, started a website called “Speak Now: Girl Scouts” with…
by Stephanie Cole My last two weeks of my college experience between finals and graduation were incredibly hectic. Ceremonies and impromptu celebrations reigned, and the general emotional overload gave me little time to really examine what my four years at a Women’s College has meant for me. However, on the night before graduation, my friends…
We are excited to launch the latest SPARK initiative, the SPARK Research Blog: Real Talk about Really New Research on the Sexualization of Girls, brought to you by the ASAP Initiative at Hunter/CUNY, one of the SPARK leadership team partners. The goal of the bi-weekly SPARK Research Blog is to tell you about the latest…
by Camilla Ostrow On January 24, 2011, a representative from the Toronto police department stated that, “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” Well, yeah, that makes sense. And I say, why stop there? Black people should avoid looking so black so as not to be labeled as criminals. Also,…
Renee Randazzo is a 31-year-old activist who serves as the Training Institute Manager for Hardy Girls Healthy Women in Maine. I drove three hours south from Maine to attend the Boston Slutwalk. This was partially due to my enormous crush on Jaclyn Friedman. It was partially because I longed for in-person solidarity on a mission…
by Maya Brown Desperate Housewives is a T.V. show made to explore the lives of middle class women living in a suburb in America. What happens in the show is so bizarre that at first glance I thought it was more a satire of the life rich people live. Unfortunately, at least according to the…
by Culley Schultz I was seven-years old around the time the Botox became the new “it” in cosmetic surgery. By the time I was 10, I could declare if a woman I passed on the street had a “frozen forehead” from the procedure. Nowadays, it is commonplace to see actresses who have perfectly smooth faces…
by Diana Martinez Baby Fever. Do you find yourself envious of pregnant women you see in the stores? Or swooning over babies you may meet in public? Continuously looking at family members’ photos of their newborns on Facebook? Not me. I have been noticing a lot of pregnant acquaintances from my hometown lately. Am I…