by Georgia Luckhurst, Montgomery Jones, Dee Putri, and Elisabed Gedevanishvili When a teenage girl says she’s the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial. Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser, “The Sisterhood of Night”…
by Georgia Luckhurst I know I’m not alone in finding that my relationship with my body is changes from day to day, depending on any number of factors. We hear a lot of discussion about teenage girls’ self-esteem, and not just from anxious parents or kindly teachers: the buzzwords of today’s op-eds and research projects…
by Georgia Luckhurst This summer, we wanted to celebrate the female protagonists who truly stood out for us as the most kickass, daring, courageous, and admirable. In this week’s Summer Reading series, SPARKteam activists will be discussing those heroines who matter so much to them personally – and why they should matter to you, too. …
by Georgia Luckhurst and Montgomery Jones You might be wondering what Truth In Ads is exactly. Well, it’s a petition and a campaign to pass the Truth In Ads act, HR4341, that would get the Federal Trade Commission in the USA to review and regulate the way that human bodies are altered in advertising, in order…
by Montgomery Jones, Madeleine Nesbitt, Mehar Gujral, Lilinaz Evans, Georgia Luckhurst, and Ben Ubiñas You’ve probably seen that American Eagle’s Aerie brand has released a new ad campaign featuring models who have not been retouched. The taglines for the campaign include “love me, don’t retouch me,” “Love the Real you,” and “The Real you is…
by Georgia Luckhurst Exacerbated stress at the start of a New Year feels like a universal thing. The idea of an untainted, fresh start often becomes an opportunity to do one’s self down as the media hits us at full force with pressure to change our diet, head to the gym, change job or over…
This post is part of the 2013 Feminist Reads Challenge. To learn more about the challenge or join in, click here. by Georgia Luckhurst I don’t much admire many of Caitlin Moran’s ideologies. I admire her style of writing (because it is rambling and frivolous, and that definitely appeals to my sense of humour) but when…
by Lilinaz Evans, Georgia Luckhurst, and Melissa Campbell Most people reading this have probably seen all the build-up for the new film in the The Hunger Games series, Catching Fire. The film comes out Friday the 22nd in the US, and in order to promote it, Lionsgate has teamed up with CoverGirl to release the…