We posted the following quote from actress Jada Pinkett Smith on Facebook recently. This was her answer when asked why she had let her daughter shave her head. When Jada Pinkett-Smith was asked why she let her daughter Willow shave her head, this is what she said:
The Olympics this year have been nothing short of inspiring, especially for girls and women across the globe. Despite your feelings on the various events, or sports in general, this year an entire generation of girls were given a new standard to which they can now dream.
I get so caught up sometimes in reaching the need for more strong female role models for our girls in mainstream movies and TV shows, that I often times find myself being a little cynical. Though I was more than a little excited the first few times I saw the trailer for Brave, […]
Today we celebrate the birthday of SheHero Jeanette Rankin. Rankin's place in women's and American history is pivotal. Jeanette Pickering Rankin was the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress. She was known as the Lady of the House.
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I am a bit of a comic book fan. Marvel Avengers specifically. So I was pretty excited to FINALLY take my kids to see the Avengers. This of course meant putting my feelings regarding the huge gender gap I the comic book industry aside to enjoy some […]
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is by far the most male dominated of all four branches of the U.S. military. There are 13,800 women making up about 7 percent of the USMC’s total force of 197,800. So it’s a huge deal for our SheHeroes in the military that last month the USMC announced that […]
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 […]
Here at SheHeroes we are proud to be a part of a new campaign put together by Inês Almeida founder of 7Wonderlicious. A Chain of Girl Goodness is working to mobilize many of out friends and fellow organizations in the world of empowering girls. Chain of Girl Goodness, as described from their Press Release, is: A coalition […]
Today I did something I rarely get the chance to do, I watched the Ellen show. I do love Ellen, but it’s on at awful time of day for me so I almost never get the chance. Today, I turned it on while I was doing some work around the house. I’m so glad I […]
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