(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."

http://girlsrockorlando.wordpress.com/ Check out the Rock N Roll Camp for girls website!! This is such an awesome camp in Central Florida! I volunteered with it this last summer and had an amazing time!!! You should volunteer too!

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Who thought of this phrase and what inspired it? I always thought it was cute but did not realize its implications in this sexist society. What are little girls made of? Sugar, spice, and everything nice.  The photo above is of Pippi Longstocking who I grew up watching. Pippi was absolutely amazing. Though she sat on money, she always looked like a rag but her heart was kind and loving. According to the definition, Pippi is a girl yet why was she an outcast? She was nice with the exception of criminals who continually tried to rob her and she ate sweets all the time; doesn't that count for sugar?  Now let's dissect spice. What exactly did they mean by that? When people think of a spicy woman they think the sassy speak-her-mind type. Check mark for Pippi. So if she passes, why is she not the model we teach our girls to be? Why is the model we emphasize today based on a medieval type of princess who does what she's told, marries who she's forced to, and re...

UN Committee Calls for Ban on Female Circumcision Female genital mutilation, a longstanding practice in a myriad of cultures across the world and a sensitive topic pertinent to Girls Studies, is finally on the road to being banned, at least "legally.". Although this will not be implemented overnight it is about time that an initiative is taken to eliminate this heinous act and educate individuals in ALL communities, countries, and cultures why girls' rights to their bodies are human rights and choices they should be able to make for themselves.