by Celeste Dafne Last time I had dinner with a friend, she laughed as I set down my food. “You’re so funny,” she told me, but didn’t elaborate. I smiled uncertainly. Seeing that I didn’t get it, she gestured to what I was eating. “The mac & cheese, the fries, the soda… it’s all so [...]
by Georgia Luckhurst When I heard about the launch of the new Miss Vogue magazine in the UK, I was instantly both excited and nervous. For a magazine lover like myself, a British version of Teen Vogue is long overdue. However, there were worries – was Miss Vogue going to perpetuate those endless, unattainable body [...]
by YingYing Shang We’ve always known the advice given by teen magazines was iffy, but what would happen if two real girls tried to live by it? This past April, Alice Wilder and I decided to find out. We took on the challenge of following all the advice given in the top two teen magazines, [...]
by Sariel Hana It’s official. I want to marry Grimes. 25-year-old Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes, is a triple threat: artist, musician, director and now… feminist?! Just when you thought she couldn’t get any cooler! Aside from being a seriously skilled artist, Grimes graduated from “the Harvard of Canada,” McGill University where she studied [...]
by Jenn Chmielewski Getting guys’ attention can be tough. I’m smart, friendly, and can bring down the house with my rendition of Lady Gaga – yes, I’m a little monster. But if you take a look at magazines and TV these days, you’d think that the only thing guys are after is super-sexy-looking gals who [...]
by Carmen Rios I’m excited to announce today that SPARK is working with the National Federation of State High School Associations in an effort to provide resources about sexual violence prevention to high school athletic coaches. Over 65,000 people signed SPARK’s petition, penned by Colby College football player Connor Clancy and me, asking the NFHS to offer [...]
