Top 21 Viral Memes About Boys! A Must Read For Anyone Raising One

Top 21 Viral Memes About Boys! A Must Read For Anyone Raising One

GoldieBlox Demands Change With An Incredible New Music Video

GoldieBlox Demands Change With An Incredible New Music Video: GoldieBlox, the toy company founded by engineer Debbie Sterling, has been chanting about girl power for a year now, and they are only getting louder. The Oakland-based small business is slowly, but surely, hitting the big-time. (They are currently a finalist for a Super Bowl commercial spot.)

New to TED? | TED Playlists | TED

New to TED? | TED Playlists | TED: "If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... " began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis -- from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York's Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression through Project V.O.I.C.E. -- and gives two breathtaking performances of "B" and "Hiroshima." About Sarah Kay

Women and Girls Lead - ITVS

Women and Girls Lead - ITVS: "Women and girls everywhere are stepping into leadership roles, working to improve their communities, and innovating in science, the arts, business, and governance. Yet there is still much to do to deliver on the promise of equal access, freedom, and opportunity for women and girls worldwide. Women and Girls Lead is a strategic media initiative to support and sustain a growing movement to empower them, their communities, and future generations. Learn More"

Raising Aspirations and the Glass Ceiling « RSA Comment

Raising Aspirations and the Glass Ceiling « RSA Comment: "A new report suggests that the glass ceiling for women at work is created by their own lack of confidence. If this is the case, asks Juliana Farha FRSA, what role can fathers play in their daughters’ lives?
As if women don’t agonise enough already about our career shortcomings,"

Female topics encourage girls to study science, study finds

Female topics encourage girls to study science, study finds: "ScienceDaily (Feb. 16, 2011) — Girls are more interested in studying science if topics are presented in a female friendly way. This is one of the findings of Dr Sylvie Kerger the University of Luxembourg whose research is published online the British Journal of Educational Psychology by BPS Journals in partnership with Wiley-Blackwell."

Google Reader (6)

Google Reader (6): "Riot Grrrl roared into the spotlight in 1991: an uncompromising movement of pissed-off girls with no patience for sexism and no intention of keeping quiet. Young women everywhere were realizing that the equality they’d been promised was still elusive, and a newly resurgent right wing was turning feminism into the ultimate dirty word. In response, thousands of riot grrrls published zines, founded local groups, and organized national conventions, while fiercely prophetic punk bands such as Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Huggy Bear, and Bikini Kill helped spread the word across the US and to Canada, Europe, and beyond."

Good Books for Girls

Good Books for Girls: "This list of empowering books for girls is all on one page so you can print it out easily. However, the links below allow you to jump quickly to the section of your choice.
Many of these wonderful treasures are hard to find -- but now you can buy these books directly from this site, many of them at discounted prices. Just click on the title of your choice and put the book in your Amazon.com shopping cart. Then click the 'back' button on your browser to get back to this page and continue shopping. When you've selected your final title, follow the Amazon.com instructions to pay for your books and have them shipped to you (or to a gift address)."

Heroines

Heroines: "Michael, Charles D. Heroines: True Tales of Brave Women. London: S. W. Partridge, [19--]. 'Bravery and self-sacrifice are natural qualities in men, or so we love to think; but men have no monopoly of heroism. In their capacity for suffering uncomplainingly, and in their power of patient endurance, women are, as a matter of fact more heroic by nature than men.'"

Amazon.com: Girls Who Rocked the World : Heroines from Sacagawea to Sheryl Swoopes (9781885223685): Amelie Welden, Jerry McCann: Books

Amazon.com: Girls Who Rocked the World : Heroines from Sacagawea to Sheryl Swoopes (9781885223685): Amelie Welden, Jerry McCann: Books: "Grade 5-8-Thirty-three short biographical sketches of young women who achieved 'something extraordinary' before age 20. The entries are in chronological order, beginning with Cleopatra and ending with tennis star Martina Hingis. Some of the names are familiar (e.g., Hellen Keller, Anne Frank, and Wilma Rudolf), while others are less well known. Welden introduces pioneer Virginia Reed (of the ill-fated Donner party), scientist Irene Joliot-Curie, archaeologist Mary Leakey, musician Vanessa-Mae Nicholson, and others."