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. [...]
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Real Girl Report: What It’s Like to Live Like a Teen Mag
Posted by SPARKsummit on May 15th, 2013
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, [...]
Indoor Kid: an Interview with Emily Gordon
Posted by SPARKsummit on April 29th, 2013
by Alice Wilder Emily Gordon is a writer, comedy producer, and former family and couples’ therapist, and listening to her podcasts feels a little like free therapy. For me as a teenager, Emily is this reassurance that everything is going to be okay. I mean, she dated a cult member in high school and is [...]
What’s an “Ideal” Teen? We’re Gonna Find Out.
Posted by SPARKsummit on April 8th, 2013
by Alice Wilder This April, YingYing and I are taking the ultimate challenge: living life according to the rules laid out in Seventeen and Teen Vogue. After my video about the Seventeen collaboration with The Biggest Loser went viral, we started talking about how to turn attention into action. A month later, I’m leaving the [...]
5 Questions with Zerlina Maxwell
Posted by SPARKsummit on March 19th, 2013
by Alice Wilder In case you missed Zerlina’s Maxwell’s story amid the Stubenville media storm–here’s a quick summary: on Fox News, she dared to suggest that rape prevention should include educating boys and men. Here’s a full quote of Maxwell’s point on Hannity: “I think that the entire conversation is wrong. I don’t want anybody [...]
How to be an Ally: A Guide for Teachers & Other Adults
Posted by SPARKsummit on March 1st, 2013
by Alice Wilder Once upon a time, my friends and I had to deal with a male teacher who liked to tell girls what to do with their bodies. One of my friends got a “talking to” about her dress, even though she was within the dress code, because–and this is a direct quote–“teenage boys [...]
