Tag:
Girls
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#BringBackOurGirls
Read more: #BringBackOurGirlsOn April 15 in northern Nigeria, 200 school girls aged 15-18 were kidnapped by an extremist Muslim group called Boko Haram, whose name in the Hausa language means “Western education is a sin.” In hopes of viral pressure on Nigerian…
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A New Kind of Barbie
Read more: A New Kind of Barbie“Many people have criticized Barbie dolls for their unrealistic proportions, claiming that they give young girls a warped idea of what beauty should be. To tackle this problem, Nikolay Lamm created digital visualizations of a regular-sized “Barbie” doll, hoping to…
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Camp Mossandsticks
Read more: Camp MossandsticksCamp Mossandsticks, named after moss and sticks–two of the most rudimentary tools with which one can spark fire–is a site for young women and girls to become resourceful, defiant, and self-sufficient revolutionaries of today. Started on November 6, 2012, the…
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A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World
Read more: A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the WorldA page about inspirational and uncompromising women, that celebrates the women who have fought to change the world we live in. Please post up links, quotes, photos of women who inspire you or of world events you feel may be…
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Corset
Read more: CorsetArtists: Cindy Maguire, Assistant Professor Art Education Adelphi University and Teaching Artist with Artistic Noise and girls ages 13-17 from the Brentwood Residential Center on Long Island. This bra/corset is a collaborative work by Cindy Maguire, Assistant Professor of Art…