The media doesn’t represent us–so we’re making our own media. We’re sick of media that shows women and girls as weak, catty, looks-obsessed, boy-crazy objects of pleasure, so the SPARKteam is joining Miss Representation in demanding media that fairly, fully, and accurately represents women. For every 1000 videos submitted, the folks at the Miss Representation campaign…
Ever wanted to tell your story about dealing with sexualization–how you live with it, how you push back, what makes protesting hard, and important? Ever wonder what it used to be like for the adult women in your life to be sexualized and what they did about it? One of our favorite SPARK Summit action…
Do you know what you’re gonna be for HOLLAween? Show it off! We’ve teamed up with HollabackPhilly and Beauty Redefined to create an alternative to the widespread pornification of Halloween, and we need YOU to help us make it happen! Submit your spookiest, creepiest, punniest, funniest, most creative and brilliant costumes to our Costume Contest…
The first SPARK Summit in New York City was a force to be reckoned with: hundreds of girls, activists, and educators shared the same space and called for an end to the sexualization of girls and women in media. We’re so proud of everyone who helped make our first summit a success, and we’re THRILLED…
Update Nov. 24: A great piece, by Lily Blau of the Huffington Post, on the Macy’s Day Parade Petition. Hardy Girls Healthy Women, founding partner of the SPARK Movement, wants to give girls the opportunity to see their favorite female characters float through the air at the seasonal Macy’s Day Parade. In the 84-year history of the parade, only 8% of all…
The brand new SPARK widget combines video, Twitter, events and news that makes it the one-stop place for SPARK Summit! Check it out below and share:…
One of the best moments in the movie Mean Girls has to be when high schooler Cady enters her friend’s Halloween Party dressed as a vampire bride, complete with gory make-up, ghastly wig, and a mouth full of broken teeth. As she looks around at the array of strip club dancers, Playboy Bunnies, sexy mice, sexy cats, and…
Are you, too, tired of the overly sexualized costumes that girls are being pushed? You’re in luck! Hardy Girls Healthy Women is bringing scary back. Join them for their annual Freaky 5K Run and Walk on October 30th at Colby College! There will be prizes for largest team, scariest costume, most funds raised, and more. …