by YingYing Shang Would you like to see real young feminists on TV? How about discussing the women’s movement today on a panel of teens with mixed opinions? Then tune into Nick News on Monday, April 1st, at 8pm! Back in November, I and two other members of the SPARKteam, Sariel and Britney, travelled to…
by Carmen Rios This past December, the US looked on in horror as a case of vicious sexual assault unfolded in Steubenville, OH. With the trial set to begin this Wednesday, what began as a local event will become a national conversation. And as media descend upon and digest the goings-on in the courtroom, we…
Calling all girls & young women 13-22: we want YOU to be part of our newest project! Send us your monologues, rants, essays, raps, and songs–anything that can be performed on a stage!–because SPARK is creating a new theatre piece focusing on girls’ stories and experiences. We’re collecting stories (both fictional and factual!) about girls’ experiences…
Greetings from beautiful Park City, UT, where we’ve been incredibly lucky to be experiencing the Sundance Film Festival! We’re on the ground at the fest, scoping out the scene and getting a feel for what it’s like for women filmmakers and audiences in the film industry. We’ll have a full recap when we return to…
by Anya Josephs Seventeen Magazine’s “Body Peace Treaty” asks girls to promise to love and accept their bodies, by taking vows like “appreciate what makes my body different from anyone else’s,” “not let my size define me” and “remind myself that what you see isn’t always what you get on TV and in ads.” We…
…we were compiling a list of super cool girl-fueled things on the Internet so you didn’t have to! Here’s some of our favorite things from the past few weeks, starting with this ADORABLE comic from Judy Horacek: TEDxWomen happened! And it was amazing! Check out our girls Izzy & Julia talk about our Seventeen action,…
by Izzy Labbe & Julia Bluhm A little over a week ago, we flew to Washington D.C to speak at the TEDx Women conference. Our 10-minute talk was all about our experience with the Seventeen Magazine Campaign, and encouraging girls and women to join organizations like SPARK, in order to make a difference. The best…
by Emma Stydahar Exciting/amazing/fabulous news: The City of New York, in collaboration with SPARK (but of course, where else would all this fabulousness come from?), declared October 11, 2012 New York City’s first annual Day of the Girl! This declaration comes at the same time that the UN adopted Resolution 66/170, which declares October 11…