by Cam Ostrow Let me begin by saying that I am somewhat of a Pixar enthusiast. Pixar films hold two spots in the list of my top five favorite movies, and if I had the attention span to think of my top ten, I’m sure at least three more would pull impressive rank. So when…
By Bailey Shoemaker Richards We’ve all heard these songs – “You don’t know you’re beautiful… and that’s what makes you beautiful,” “She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts,” – and the dozens of others like them: the songs that emphasize young straight white women being ignorant of their own beauty (or deriding a certain type…
By Crystal Ogar There are a number of issues when it comes to the casting of The Hunger Games. When we first meet Katniss, the main character in the books, she is described as having straight black hair, usually in a braid down her back, olive skin, and gray eyes. Funnily enough, Gale (her best…
by Crystal Ogar Over the past weekend I was lucky enough to be a part of the third Women in the World Summit (Stories + Solutions) held in New York City at Lincoln Center, and co-hosted by Tina Brown (editor-in chief of Newsweek & The Daily Beast), Lauren Bush Lauren, Leymah Gbowee, Nizan Guanaes, Jane Harman,…
By Bailey Shoemaker Richards February 18 marks a change in my TV watching habits. Normally, the only things I’ll be caught watching are Doctor Who, Castle and the occasional cartoon (with my little brother, of course). I get most of my news and op-ed information from blogs, Twitter and news sites, usually read on my…
By Stephanie Cole Sometimes when I’m watching a movie or television show or reading a book and I really dig the narrative, I come to a moment where I can suddenly, vividly picture the story going in a direction that would ruin the whole darn thing. As someone who tends to have feminism on the…
By Kat Feasley Glee is well known for pushing the envelope. They tiptoe between what is socially acceptable and what might not be. They play with the idea of girl power in episodes like “The Power of Madonna” (in season one) and less palatable showcases of Girls, like in “Sexy” (in season two). They introduced…
Check out our amazing executive director Dana Edell talking about the sexualization of girls on 20/20 in this clip from Friday, November 25th: We were so excited about her being on the show that we held a livechat at the same time! We hung out with the SPARKteam, our leadership team, and our allies Jaclyn Friedman, Shelby…