Is your SheHero a video game fan? Well if she is, now might be a good tome to encourage her to consider making that hobby her career.
It probably sdeosn’t seem too surprising that according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) 72% of American households play computer and video games. What you may not realize though is that 42 percent of gamers are women. Continue reading →
The comic book world has always been a boys club. Even when empowering female characters have been introduced over the years they are almost always dressed for the purpose of being eye candy for the boys and men reading. Why Wonder Woman doesn’t wear pants has been one of the great feminist questions in pop-culture history. A big reason why good empowering female comic book heroes has always been lacking has been an even bigger lack of good empowering female comic book writers.
Both DC Comics and Marvel (the two powerhouses of the Comic Book world) have not exactly been known for their concern regarding female equality in the comic book world, though we hope that changes are the horizon. Last summer about a DC Comics announcing they were going to make a push to hire more female writers (something I haven’t exactly seen move forward yet) but it seems that maybe Stan Lee a folks and the folks at Marvel may be leading the charge in not only trying to reach the ever growing female comic book fans, but to simply incorporate a more gender equality in their characters. Continue reading →
Thursday April 26th we celebrate a very special day in the world of SheHeroes and Heroes, it’s Take your Daughters and Sons to Work Day! Take your Daughters and Sons to Work Day falls on the Thursday of every April. The reason we celebrate on a Thursday each year is so that “girls and boys can take what they learn in workplaces on Thursday and apply it to the classroom on Friday. By involving whole communities—schools, girls and boys, parents, workplaces, and mentors—the program helps young people make connections between what they learn in school and their future goals.” Continue reading →
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Recently while snuggled up with my kids looking for a movie to watch I came across the very beginning of the classic movie (and one of my personal favorites) The Outsiders. The Outsiders was of course based on the young adult novel of the same name by author S.E. Hinton.
S.E. Hinton was a favorite author of mine. I remember very clearly reading The Outsiders along with a number of the books Hinton wrote after it when I was in Junior High. In fact The Outsiders was required 6th grade reading at that time. Also, like many kids of my generation, I madly loved the movie as well. Continue reading →
I always enjoy reading about the many different programs offered in different communities all around the world to help more girls pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). There is always one thing that bothers me about these wonderful programs though, that they don’t exist for girls everywhere.
That’s why I was so excited when I heard the amazing new program coming from the leading authority on all things STEM, The Women@NASA. For those of you who may not know the Women@NASA is a website that was created in response to the Executive Order, signed March 11, 2009, establishing the White House Council on Women and Girls. The site includes over 64 videos and essays from women who work at NASA in all of its many different departments as a way to help inspire girls and women. Continue reading →
This is Part 2 of Barbie: Bald, Presidential, and Armed. You can read Part 1 Here.
The truth is, my daughter has Barbies. Thanks to family and friends she has them. The last time she actually played with them they were flying to a different planet to retrieve some magic plants that could save the earth. I hesitate at the thought of putting the breaks on those games… the earth apparently depends on those Barbies. Thankfully, the Barbies she has are a racially diverse little group, but they are all still Barbies, that look like Barbies. Continue reading →
Barbie.
Just simply saying the name stirs up a million different emotions from people. In fact you would be hard pressed to find a mother (or woman) that doesn’t have a strong opinion on the famous doll. Whether she’s fully supporting and filling her child’s toy box with all things Barbie or taking a firm and vocal stand against the doll that is notoriously a young girls first introduction into the world of damaging body ideals. Not that the debate is new. My own 90-year-old grandmother was banning Barbie from her own daughters long before it was fashionable for those very same reasons. The negative effects Barbie has had on generations of young girls is well researched and documented. Continue reading →
I know, I know. I’m a little late to the Hunger Games party. It was only a few short weeks ago that I stumbled upon the first book in the series by Suzanne Collins and picked it up to read the back. In the back of my mind I remembered someone recommending it to me some time ago, but I had never read it. I was impressed with the plot. so I made a mental note to make it the next book I read. Continue reading →