(More Than) Grrrl Power! Girls Studies at UCF

Check out this new film about girls seeking their right to education and explore possibilities to host a screening in your area: Girl Rising .

Andrew Brown “It’s a Girl”: Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? Posted by Andrew Brown on Wednesday, 06 March 2013 in News The Atlantic just published a review of It’s a Girl titled “Neither Pro-Life Nor Pro-Choice Can Solve the Selective Abortion Crisis” by Noah Berlatsky. It’s an excellent review that delves into some of the critical questions that must be addressed in order for the world to really see a global movement to end female gendercide.

Anti-trafficking Bill Headed for President Signature By James Addis, World Vision U.S. Congress has passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, a comprehensive law to combat human trafficking in the United States and globally. It now goes to the White House for final approval by the president. At the World Vision Trauma Recovery Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, girls who have been rescued from brothels or who have been raped are provided with support and counseling. (Photo: Jon Warren/World Vision)

Slate published this article: " If You Don't Want Girls Judged by Their Hemlines, Stop Judging Them by Their Hemlines"   by Amanda Marcotte this past Friday, which goes along with the notion that we should stop putting the responsibility for the behavior of boys/men on girls/women. (from the article) "Lahey claims that she only wishes for girls to see that they "are not the measure of their hemlines, but the sum of their strong minds, kind hearts, and unlimited potential." That's a noble goal that I fully support. I recommend that Lahey start sending the message that she doesn't measure girls by their hemlines by  not measuring them by their hemlines . Try ignoring their bodies completely and getting directly to the work of cherishing those minds and those hearts instead."