Talking With Fierce Feminists

STEM, YouTube, & Museums: an Interview with Emily Graslie

by Madeleine Nesbitt In his recent Fireside Hangout, President Obama talked about taking the initiative to interest girls and women in STEM careers, where women are extremely underrepresented. A step to getting more girls interested in these kinds of careers is having examples of modern women in these fields. One such woman is the cooler-than-cool Emily…

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5 Questions with Zerlina Maxwell

by Alice Wilder In case you missed Zerlina’s Maxwell’s story amid the Stubenville media storm–here’s a quick summary: on Fox News, she dared to suggest that rape prevention should include educating boys and men. Here’s a full quote of Maxwell’s point on Hannity: “I think that the entire conversation is wrong. I don’t want anybody…

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Hatewatching Reality TV: an interview with Professor Alexis Carreiro

by Alice Wilder Last week, I was invited to a screening of the documentary Miss Representation at Queens University in Charlotte. Before the event, I got a chance to interview Dr. Alexis Carreiro, a professor at Queens and the editor of the Journal of Digital and Media Literacy. Before the screening we talked about reality…

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A Galentine's Day Interview with Aisha Muharrar

by Alice Wilder Happy Galentine’s Day everyone! On the absolute best day of the year, my gift to you is an interview with Aisha Muharrar, a truly awesome lady. Aisha was a published author at 17 with More than a Label, a book about the effects of social labels on teens. She went on to…

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An interview with transgender media activist extraordinaire: Jazz!

by Ty Slobe Here at SPARK we love hearing stories about girl activists who use the media to share their stories and fight for equality, especially girls with diverse stories to tell. My personal favorite girl media activist is transgender tween superstar Jazz, who at just 12 years old has already made two appearances on…

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HBIC: An interview with kick-ass female director Jan Eliasberg

by Sariel Friedman I wanted to interview my mom, who doubles as a pioneering female writer/director, because she is (as cheesy as it sounds), my inspiration. She has been feeding me feminist theory since I was a little girl in the backseat of her car when my friends would blab about how their Prince Charming…

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Girl Model: an interview with filmmaker Ashley Sabin

by Seila Rizvic Girl Model is a documentary by filmmakers Ashley Sabin and David Redmond that explores what goes on behind the images we see in magazines. Specifically, the film recounts the story of Nadya, a 13-year-old girl who is found by model scouts scouring her home region of Siberia for “fresh” talent to send…

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An alternative to the LEGO Friends Collection: An interview with Limor Fried

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…

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