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Malala and Me
It is sad to think that a day as important as International Day of the Girl (IDG) was only created last year in 2012. There are women around the world who fight for equality like Malala Yousafzai and...
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We are Not Alone: Educating Girls, Educating Myself
Here I am reading a personal story during our feminism class assembly on International Day of the Girl (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). Did you know that 66 million girls are out of school globally? Did...
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Girl Power: Overcoming Silence!
Here I am reading my personal essay on race, class, and gender on our International Day of the Girl assembly(photo credit: Lexie Clinton). International Day of the Girl is October 11 each year. On that...
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Education is a Feminist Issue: I am Malala Too
Reading excerpts from my intersectionality piece during our feminism class assembly on International Day of the Girl. (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). Whether you are undocumented, poor, or a girl should...
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Feminism: Educating and Empowering Girls to Change the World
Here I am (middle) with my feminist classmates at the UN for International Day of the Girl (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). When you grow up surrounded by certain “privileges,” such as access to a good...
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Finding My True Self With Feminism
Here I am talking about Malala Yousafsai on International Day of the Girl at my school (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). Before taking my high school feminism class, I never thought twice about issues...
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Feminist Consciousness Raising: There’s No Turning Back
I need feminism because I would not be who I am without it! Feminism to me is like oxygen; I don’t want it. I need it. Feminism has awakened some giant in me that has been sleeping for the past 16...
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To Be Or Not To Be…A Girl
My high school feminism classmates at the Girls Speak Out event at the UN for International Day of the Girl. In my high school feminism class so far, I have experienced feminism through a different...
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The Girl Behind The Mission: A Review of He Named Me Malala
Pictured above: the promotional poster for He Named Me Malala (photocredit: Screenrelish) He Named Me Malala, directed by Davis Guggenheim, was a very well made, easily digestible biopic that detailed...
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A Little F’d Up: The Trials and Terrors of a Young White Woman Entering Feminism
In the middle of seventh grade, I felt as if I were winning The Great Feminist Race. I was the one with a feminist book that at least four girls in my grade asked if they could borrow. Even my teacher,...
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