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Earlier this week I posted about female characters who foster girls’ confidence, imagination, or at least give them the opportunity to think. So when I opened my twitter window this morning, I was pretty pleased to discover that my feed was peppered with posts tagged #childhoodfeminstheroes. I hate that the word feminist is so polarizing. But whether or not you identify with the word, I think we can all agree that strong role models are undeniably important for girls.
To me, a #childhoodfeministhero is anyone who helped you see the wide world of possibility or helped you to achieve your dreams, whatever they might be. The Twittered ones I featured below come from movies and TV, though not always from the most obvious places. But they also come from real life: family members who provided support and taught by example. Did your personal hero get a shout-out? Add her to the list!
Is there a happy medium?
Talk about girl power.
A five-year-old girl is making waves on YouTube for a video in which she adamantly demands that she is not getting married unless she has a job first.
Back in the day, girls were ingrained to believe that a man should have a job before proving himself a worthy husband, which still holds true, I think. But now, the stakes have been raised for the better. Today’s girls are growing up believing they hold the right to nurture themselves and their creativity first — before they even consider marriage.
You’d think the only thing that feminists and libertarians could possibly agree on with the Sarah Palins of the world is the color of milk. Turns out there may be a new wave of feminism that embraces at least one socially conservative value: the anti-raunch movement.
If you’re like me, you probably won’t get around to reading Gail Collins’s new book for a few more months/years. Instead, you have to settle for reading all the articles about and interviews with the author of When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present.
Among the quick-and-easy offerings is this interview with Jezebel‘s Doree Shafrir. The two talk about the book, feminism then and now and even stuff that’s not in the book. For example: women keeping their names. Collins’s explanation of why a woman feels it’s necessary to take her husband’s name surprised me. Continue reading »
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Wendy Michaels 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
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