by Marisa Ragonese Not too long ago, I worked at a drop-in center for LGBT youth in Queens. Every summer we participated in an activist “boot camp” for youth organizations all across NYC. We would plan workshops and lots of other activities for camp during the school year and then trek out to the country [...]
by Alice Wilder For my May Women’s History Year video I interviewed my sister Coco, who stopped at home on her way to A-Camp, and my friend Dina Badawy. I met Dina at a screening of Miss Representation and we had an immediate connection. Both women have a warm, generous energy and came with wonderful stories. [...]
by Anya Josephs Recently, Angelina Jolie wrote a pretty interesting op-ed about her decision to have a preventative double mastectomy. The surgeries she had took several months and were painful and expensive, but not nearly as painful as having life-threatening breast cancer. Without this surgery, she would have had an 87% chance of developing breast [...]
by Ty Slobe As young activists from all over the world, the SPARK team largely depends on social media platforms like Facebook to organize, communicate, and build relationships in a safe way. We feel that in supporting violence against women through approving and protecting graphic, violent, misogynist content, Facebook is both impeding on our safe [...]
This post is part of the 2013 Feminist Reads Challenge. To learn more about the challenge or join in, click here. by Izzy Labbe I was talking to my mom’s best friend the other day, and she told me a story about a project she had to do on the state of Nebraska when she was [...]
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 [...]
