Before comic book companies tell us that we need to be saved -- and long before we ever hear the term 'gender wage gap' -- girls are tough. Don't b...
It's time for us to take our collective blinders off and really pay attention. Because the minute we give our kids an iPhone or iPod or any other gadget that puts technology quite literally in the palms of their hands, we become responsible for whatever happens next.
While girl power, the movement that began in the early 90s, has aimed to empower many young girls to be ambitious, assertive, and self-reliant, that girl power as interpreted on TV and in film is slowly but surely seeping into our streets as something more sinister.
The triumphs of African-Americans (including women) and those of American women continue to be oddly connected by, among other things, sequential calendar celebrations.
In a time when girls get promised national attention for getting pregnant rather than for following their dreams, the voices of Fifth Harmony deserve to be loud. We can only hope that, even if they go home next week, they will continue to make music.
It isn't easy growing up as a girl. How many of us has seen once strong, confident and brave girls hit 13 and turn into cowering puddles of insecurity...
People of the world: As of the Olympics closing ceremony, our lives have been officially SPICED up. Ginger, Scary, Baby, Sporty and Posh returned to t...
For me, the 2012 Olympics Games represent a step forward in gender equality in sports. I understand much work remains to be done, but this is a time for celebration.
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure There have been some great stories about women in the news la...
The Olympic Games are a good metaphor for a lot of what we call "real life."
Not acknowledging anger and powerlessness or trivializing it only makes things worse. I'd suggest we'd have a lot less girls to "fix" if we acknowledged this.
How to reconcile these two contradictory goals? To teach our girls that females are awesome and also teach them that their gender is not the whole of who they are?
Title: A Few Wonderful Things About Being A Girl Author: One very wise 8-year-old Why We Love It: Her DAD posted her "unexpected response" to t...
Something is definitely changing in America, and my heart tells me there is no going back. We are angry and ready for action. But are we angry enough?
Girls have the powerful potential to be innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders in their communities, if given the chance and environment to thrive.
While Mayes's piece is a thought-provoking tribute to her son about gender equality, I think girl power messaging can be enlightening without taking anyone down -- that includes young boys.
It's a bird! It's a plane! Actually, it's a statuesque woman with a golden lasso... In a genre mostly written by men for men about men, Wonder Woman...
The feminine part of me laid dormant for so many years because it was a side I associated with weakness.
A note to moms: If you're thinking about taking your daughters to see Taylor Swift as their first concert, and maybe your first show since the Indigo Girls in 1996, please don't. If you're thinking you'll see a sweet Southern singer/songwriter on stage with her guitar, a few pretty dresses, and simplistic but heartfelt lyrics, you won't.
I know a few girls who enjoy cooking, and even more who like to bake. But there is also a subset who can't even boast the grill skills some regular guys have in spades. I know these girls well, because I used to be one.
Women candidates must show a winning combination of competence, clarity, efficiency, and decisiveness. But it's rare for the public to view women in politics as both likeable and competent.
For 20 years, Meade Palidofsky has been working in juvenile prisons, helping young people find their voice and tell their stories through performance art. I learned about her incredible work through the documentary, "Girls on the Wall."
"Girls on the Wall" is a documentary capturing an eight-month journey of the girls of Warrenville Correctional Facility as they participate in a theater workshop.
While feminists made "woman" a hard and fast rule, could it be time to reopen the case? Could we be coming to a time when we need to reclaim "girl" to embrace all of the woman that we are?
Girls have been making hay out of their own sexual objectification for a while now. The assumption that all girls would find their presence on a "slut list" disappointing stems from a belief that girls are victims.
