Chasing Rayanne Graff: A Love Letter To Teen Girl Best Friends
September 13, 2011 by Lane Moore · 13 Comments
I can say with some certainty that I was bananas in love with every best girlfriend I had from the ages of 6 to 17. The only reason the to-the-ends-of-the-earth love stops there is because that ...Read More
Letter to Bella, and Other Girls With Blue Shoes
August 31, 2011 by Melissa Wardy · 27 Comments
Dear Bella, Your mom told me all about your awesome blue shoes. I like blue. My little girl, Amelia, she loves blue because it is the color of the ocean. But if you asked her, she would tell you ...Read More
Teen Dating Violence: Take it Seriously Before it Happens Again
July 11, 2011 by Leah Berkenwald · 6 Comments
Last week, the Boston area was shocked to hear that the body of Wayland, Mass., high-school graduate Lauren Astley, 18, was found in a marsh in what looks to be an act of teen domestic violence that ...Read More
Dear Reese Witherspoon: All Girls Are ‘Good Girls’
June 8, 2011 by Allison McCarthy · 31 Comments
On Sunday night, Reese Witherspoon, an Oscar winner, accepted a very different kind of award: the MTV Generation Award in Los Angeles. Witherspoon, 35, took the stage, teased Robert Pattinson, ...Read More
Throwing Around the Word “Rape”
June 1, 2011 by Anna Diamond · 21 Comments
It looked so wrong in the little instant messaging box: “I’m gonna get raped tomorrow.” For a moment, I was terrified that my friend faced serious sexual violence. But no, she was just concerned ...Read More
A How-To on Youth Activism
April 19, 2011 by Carrie Baker · 3 Comments
If you want to read about some truly inspiring young feminists, pick up Hey, Shorty! A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets, a collaboratively written book ...Read More
New Line of Tween Panties Promotes … Abstinence?
April 14, 2011 by Annie Shields · 81 Comments
The other day, @msmagazine received this response (left) to a tweet about sexual assault on college campuses–a topic we’ve been covering a lot lately in light of our “Click!” ...Read More
Click! Hmmm, Aha! and Oh no!
March 31, 2011 by Anna Diamond · 8 Comments
I had my first feminist stirring, or “Hmmm” moment, in grade school when I noticed teachers always asked boys to help them carry boxes, move the mobile TV or assist with other physical chores. ...Read More
A Teen Analyzes Today’s Derogatory Teen Slang
March 29, 2011 by Alexa Salvato · 9 Comments
There are lots of dirty words reserved for females, particularly those of high-school age. But there are three words that, arguably, epitomize them all. As has been shouted down many a junior high ...Read More
Rescuing Your Daughter From the Princess
February 11, 2011 by Elline Lipkin · 11 Comments
If you’ve been within 50 feet of a 4-year-old girl in the past decade, you can’t have escaped the fact that princess is a booming industry. From T-shirts emblazoned with “princess” ...Read More
