Sariel Friedman

Tune In & Tweet Up with SPARK on Nick!

by YingYing Shang Would you like to see real young feminists on TV? How about discussing the women’s movement today on a panel of teens with mixed opinions? Then tune into Nick News on Monday, April 1st, at 8pm! Back in November, I and two other members of the SPARKteam, Sariel and Britney, travelled to…

Read more >>

Duke It Out pt 1: How to Debate IRL Without Losing Your Cool

by Sariel Friedman A few weeks ago, I was asked to appear on Nick News with Gloria Steinem and several of my young activist peers (watch for it–it airs in March!). In order to prepare for the discussion, I watched about six hours of Obama interviews, trying to master his keen ability to keep calm…

Read more >>

HBIC: An interview with kick-ass female director Jan Eliasberg

by Sariel Friedman I wanted to interview my mom, who doubles as a pioneering female writer/director, because she is (as cheesy as it sounds), my inspiration. She has been feeding me feminist theory since I was a little girl in the backseat of her car when my friends would blab about how their Prince Charming…

Read more >>

'Sacrilege and Devilish dances': Free Pussy Riot!

by Sariel Friedman Being a feminist in a communist country isn’t easy. It was hard enough for Kathleen Hanna and Carrie Brownstein to make music and speak out against patriarchy here in the US, but at least they didn’t have to worry about evading the police. Although it may seem as if American women aren’t…

Read more >>

Hey girl, we don't call our sisters "bitch"–or do we?

Is the word “bitch” acceptable? Kanye West posted a flurry of tweets on September 2nd examining his use of the word. He just wanted to think out loud with us today. So Kanye, here’s what we, the girls of SPARK, think about the word “bitch.” YingYing: As with any other word, “bitch” can only have…

Read more >>

SPARK takes Manhattan (& Brooklyn, too!)

Get in on this!

by Sariel Friedman When the SPARKteam girls shuffled in to the SPARK retreat on the morning of Thursday, August 9th, little did we know that by the end of the weekend, we would have gotten hopelessly lost on public transportation, critiqued sexualized advertising wherever we went, spent way too much money on junk food from…

Read more >>

Contact Us!