Tag Archives: Girls
Feminist Fuck Yeah: In response to 8th grader’s petition, Seventeen magazine agrees not to digitally alter images
TweetA serious Tuesday Feminist Fuck Yeah for Julia Bluhm and activists at SPARK. A couple months ago, the 8th grader launched a campaign calling on Seventeen magazine to feature one photoshop-free image per issue. Now 84,000 signatures later, the magazine seems to be hearing the message. Via Change: After over 84,000 people signed Julia’s petition [...]
Also tagged Activism, Body Image, Seventeen magazine Comments closed
80% of 10-year-old girls in the U.S. say they’ve been on a diet
TweetTell me there’s not something seriously fucking wrong with this fact. This is just one of many that have compelled Miss Representation, SPARK, Endangered Bodies and other organizations to host a 3-day long challenge to encourage the public to push women’s and girl’s magazines to take accountability for their direct impact on the epidemic of [...]
Also tagged Body Image, eating disorders, Magazines, Media, self-esteem, women, youth Comments closed
Girls (Not the HBO show)
Tweet Okay. I am not embroiled in the controversy around HBO’s new show, Girls. I haven’t watched it, to be frank. I saw that it was yet ANOTHER show about rich, white women in NYC and just decided against it. Commentary about the show is all over the internet, and we’ve discussed it here, too. [...]
Also tagged FRIDA, Project Girl, Sadie Nash Comments closed
Quick Hit: What did you think of “Girls”?
TweetLast night, the much-anticipated new series Girls premiered on HBO. I got into a lively debated with one of my colleagues at Mother Jones, who found the show to be “unwatchable.” After getting a sneak peak at the first few episodes, here are some of the exciting things about Girls that I think he overlooked: [...]
Also tagged Lena Dunham, pop culture, Television Comments closed
Does Lena Dunham’s “casual racism” matter?