The Carnegie Science Center offers workshops for Girl and Boy Scouts so they can earn science badges, while being introduced to more complex concepts such as chemistry, engineering, astronomy and….wait for it….makeup.
Read More Carnegie Science Center Teaches Girl Scouts Chemistry….of Makeup?When I was 11, I got my first period; I was in 6th grade and had no idea what to do. I remember sitting in a bathroom stall, frozen and embarrassed. After I mustered enough courage to leave the safety of the stall I had been sitting in for the better part of an hour, […]
Read More Why aren’t tampons free?Recently, it has come to my attention that I tend to over analyze many aspects about guys and what they may or may not be thinking. HA! Who am I kidding, I have always known this about myself but it has become more apparent as I talk to different guys and try and start relationships […]
Read More Girls vs Boys: Are they that different?!While we have been talking about Miley Cyrus a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot lately, let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we? The year is 2008. Lil’ Miley is only 15 years old. She is rocking her Hannah Montana franchise and doing everything a perfect Disney Princess would. And then she […]
Read More Pop Princesses and Girlhood Turned WomanhoodBeing a young woman we have this ritual that we participate in with other women whom we are close with. We do this ritual when we just need to have a night to ourselves, have a little fun, and stop stressing about work or school. This ritual is called Girls Night Out. Growing up in […]
Read More Girls Night Out for the College WomanSo I wanted to continue with my discussion in my last post about sexiness, but I want to now focus now on more about how sexiness in our culture effects the younger generation. When I was younger I did not understand what sexy was. The only exposure I would get was from tv shows or […]
Read More A younger generation of sexyEarlier this semester, for a class assignment, I had to read a speech that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote and gave. The speech was about being a woman, and more importantly, being a woman of color, and what that meant for her career and her goals. And since I read that speech, I’ve been […]
Read More Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Sesame Street
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