Now is the perfect time to assess your family’s approach to eating healthy and promoting positive body image. What’s your game plan for the school year? Here are a few tips to get you started…
Make after-school snacks into DIY projects
Remember this guy?

Yeah, the whole “wagon wheel” idea made plain ol’ cheese and crackers seem like [...]

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News of Chris Brown’s arrest for assaulting Rihanna has made headlines around the world. But as college freshman Nadia Ensastegui knows firsthand, most teen dating violence happens out of the media spotlight. She has written a powerful op-ed about her personal experience, in which she offers her solutions to end the violence. Read it and [...]

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On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. But nine months before, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for doing the same thing on a bus in the  same city. She had been learning about black history at school that month. Reflecting on the day she [...]

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First, the good news. On March 11th, President Obama created the White House Council on Women and Girls. The council will be responsible for ensuring that the U.S. government develops policies to address women’s health care, violence against women, women’s economic status, and issues of work/life balance.

The announcement was certainly cause for celebration (I’m not [...]

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Females are delicate flowers. Our brains and bodies just aren’t made for sports. We should stick to cooking and cleaning. And collecting firewood. Yeah, right. This tongue-in-cheek, retro-inspired educational video pokes fun at many of the ridiculous stereotypes about girls and women that have been touted in the name of “Biological Science” (but the “BS” [...]

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Check out the brand new White House website!

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I loved watching the footage of Barack and Michelle Obama casting their votes with their daughters watching intently. Listen to what these kids had to say about the experience of voting in Brooklyn, NY. [Salon]

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It’s time to make our voices heard. No one can afford to sit this one out. Get to the polls TODAY and cast your vote. Your country needs you!
Related: Take Our Daughters to the Polls

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I am counting down the days until I get to cast my vote in this historic election, but even girls who aren’t old enough to vote can still get involved in the political process! If you’re under 18, ask your mom or dad or another adult in your life to bring you along when they [...]

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Yesterday I posted about the results of the Scholastic election. Today girls all across the country are making their voices heard in the Girls Inc. Online 2008 Mock Presidential Election, a part of the Girls Inc. She Votes initiative.
Plus, check out what girl reporters had to say about the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

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