Welcome to Your Girls Studies Blog!!

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This is your blog. You should post at least one entry every other week relating to the issues, texts, films, and discussions from our Girls Studies class. You are only required to post on "off" weeks (weeks we do not meet face-to-face) but are welcome to post more frequently, if you'd like. You should include one 400-word minimum blog post each web week addressing the assigned texts/issues for that week. You should also comment on at least one other person's blog post each web week. Blog entries may include commentary, links to relevant sites or resources, film clips, book or film reviews, information about current events, or other entries that might be interesting to classmates and those outside of class, including Girls Studies scholars and girls and young women. This is your space, but is also a public space, so be thoughtful about what you post. Your blog posts should be free of spelling and grammar errors and should be professional (and fun too!). We will talk more about our blog requirements in class, but be prepared for others from outside our class to potentially join our discussions. Looking forward to a fun and challenging semester. :)


Resources (the following should provide more insight into girls’ relationship with blogging and provide examples of girl-produced or girl-focused blogs):


“Dear Blog: Teenage Girls Blogging” http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/04/05/dear_blog/

focuses on the rising number of teenage girls who blog

Girls Write Blog
http://www.girlswritenow.org/gwn/?q=blog

GWN provides at-risk New York City high school girls with emerging writing talent an opportunity to be custom-matched with a professional woman writer who serves as her personal mentor and writing coach, meeting with her weekly for the duration of an entire school year, and for up to four years. Read some of their blog posts and learn about this cool program.

In Her City
http://www.hercity.org/

Blog moderated by Girls for a Change (www.girlsforachange.org). A place for girls and women to share, connect, and converse about social change and the inner city.

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