"mean-girls" Articles & Blogs:
Q & A with Girls in the Game
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Girls in the Game is a leading girls' health and fitness organization in Chicago that provides and promotes sports & fitness opportunities, nutrition & health education, and leadership development to enhance the overall health an...[Read on] |
Unanswered Questions Concerning the Mean Girls 2 Trailer
| We were not aware that a sequel to 2004 film Mean Girls was in the works. In fairness, we had not thought to check for one, as the conclusion of the ur–Mean Girls film, Mean Girls, did not leave us with very many unanswered questions. This new trail...[Read on] |
Argentinian soccer, not just for boys...
| I thought everyone in Argentina was practically born dribbling a soccer ball between their feet. Silly me, what I meant to say was that everyone who is a boy is weaned on soccer. Girls, it turns out, are not necessarily welcome in the sport in that soccer...[Read on] |
Disturbing Video of Girls’ Dance
| I became aware of this video, via a friend’s post on Facebook (thanks EH). It is a video of girls who appear to be between the ages of 8-10 years of age, dancing to Beyonce’s “Put A Ring On It”. Despite the face these girls are great dance...[Read on] |
Sunny Weekend in Cannes Brings Girls, Superheroes, and Recycling
| After two days of rain and scant attendance, girls, lamborghinis and general excess has returned to Cannes.
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100 People Who Have Changed the Lives of Women and Girls Globally
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Women Deliver honors 100 of the most inspiring people who have delivered results for girls and women globally. The organization, launched in 2007, is committed to bringing action against maternal death, focusing on maternal health as both a human ri...[Read on] |
Come out to support girls in Africa
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In early 2009, our good friends Carol Ann Gleason, Founder and Director of Stimulus Projects and NYC-based Photographer Danielle St. Laurent teamed up to launch the Geo-Girls Citizen Journalism Program at the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy in Nairobi, Kenya...[Read on] |
Moms, daughters play ball for cancer research
| Pink will be plentiful at this week’s third annual Susan G. Komen Girls Flag Football Tournament.
The three-day event, which includes two days of competition and a Bigger and Better Family Fun Night, is a fund-raiser for Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
Mor...[Read on] |
Study links sport participation and opportunity for girls
| A study by Betsey Stevenson, the author of the research and an assistant professor of business and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, reveals data that indicates playing sports leads to greater educational and employment...[Read on] |
Activists Split on White House's Women's Council
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While some lauded the new White House Council on Women and Girls, others had hoped President Obama would have gone furtherWomen's Council | Today 10:10 am
President Obama made headlines yesterday when he established the White House Council on Women and ...[Read on] |
National Taskforce to Promote Positive Images of Girls and Women Created
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I got this info from folks at the Girl Scouts which looks like it was instrumental in creating this bi-partisan taskforce to look at issues in media that effect girls.
US Reps Tammy Baldwin and Shelly Moore Capito introduced legislation that would:
supp...[Read on] |
Video games give girls "life lessons" on how to achieve their social beauty standards
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Check out Wired's take on new games for girls released in 2009, in which all but one ("The Daring Game for Girls") is about fashion, boys, princesses, modeling, and more fashion. Well, there is a detective game, but you solve mysteries using your "femin...[Read on] |
Gina Carano and Tara LaRosa get it on!
| Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when a couple of girls get to chatting it up on the latest gossip? Well what if those two girls also happened to be two of the top female fighters in mixed martial arts, and one of them was listed as number 16 ...[Read on] |
Girls sports DO make money
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Contrary to popular belief, a new article in the NYTimes highlights a trend among youth sporting events--girls events tend to draw more crowds and bring in more revenue than boys events.
The article is comparing traveling teams and tournament sporting e...[Read on] |
Getting urban girls into the game: Dance first?
| By Lauren Taylor
It is the quiet story behind the high-profile victories of women’s athletics: After thirty years of Title IX, after the superstardom of Mia Hamm, Michelle Wie, and Venus Williams, even after the advocacy of groups like the Women’s ...[Read on] |
Girls Will Be Boys: Gender In Afghanistan
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Mehran is a six-year-old Afghani girl who is being raised by her parents as a boy. This phenomenon is called bacha posh, and translates to “girl in boy’s clothes”. In Afghanistan boys are valued higher than girls; they are able to carry ...[Read on] |
For Colored Girls – Review
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The actresses who star in the new film For Colored Girls have been saying on the press tour that the film is not just for colored girls. I find it crazy that women have to stand up and say that a film that stars some of our finest African American actr...[Read on] |
The Golden Girls 25th Anniversary DVD Collection Ships in Sophia’s Purse
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Who doesn’t love the Golden Girls. The series has already been on DVD for sometime already but now it’s getting repackaged in Sophia’s Purse! ABC/Disney is launching the 25th Anniversary Complete Collection of the Golden Girls. The 21 DV...[Read on] |
Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day!
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Today, I’m celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day by actually playing. I’ve got a rec game scheduled for tonight at 7pm, and play with a community of women who live in NYC and have played competitive basketball at some point in their lives...[Read on] |
Help little girls dream big
| Someone recently introduced me to Go! Go! Sports Girls - dolls that are symbols for what young girls should be doing - living at their own age (versus a 22 year old Barbie) with normal kids clothing on (not a sexy 2-piece) and getting out ...[Read on] |
Meet SHE
| Part of a continuing series on cool, women-centric companies and organizations around the world.
Better sanitary protection, PERIOD. Girls and women in developing countries can miss school and/or work--up to 50 days--because they don't have access to aff...[Read on] |
Title IX: 38 Years Later
| by Kavitha Sivashanker, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Today marks the 38th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX is a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in all federally funded educational programs. It has op...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama - Get Girls Active in Sports to Decrease Obesity
| I'm the type of person that wants tangible results. And if I don't get them doing something one way, I'll stop and find out a better way to accomplish what I want. And my mindset is obviously a bit perplexing to people who just do as they are told an...[Read on] |
Katie Reyes: Breaking down barriers one game at a time
| by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Yesterday, a quiet thirteen-year-old girl made history just doing something she loves – playing baseball. Katie Reyes may or may not have known that her actions made history, although s...[Read on] |
Girl Up Pep Rally
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More than 400 girls and (and some boys) from all over LA joined gathered at the Marlborough School in Hancock Park a few weeks ago to support the United Nations Girl Up campaign and learn about the lives of girls in Malawi, Liberia, Guatemala, and Ethio...[Read on] |
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