Download or read book Girl Power written by Dawn Currie and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Girl Power': Girls Reinventing Girlhood examines the identity practices of girls who have grown up in the context of 'girl power' culture. The book asks whether - and which - girls have benefited from this feminist-inspired movement. Can girls truly become anything they want, as suggested by those who claim that the traditional mandate of femininity - compliance to male interests - is a thing of the past? To address such questions, the authors distinguish between 'girlhood' as a cultural ideal, and girls as the embodied agents through which girlhood becomes a social accomplishment. The book identifies significant issues for parents and teachers of girls, and offers suggestions for 'critical social literacy' as a classroom practice that recognizes the ways popular culture mediates young people's understanding of gender. 'Girl Power' will be of interest to researchers of contemporary gender identities, as well as educational professionals and adult girl advocates. It is relevant for students in gender studies and teacher-education courses, as well as graduate student researchers.
Download or read book Kids Rule written by Sarah Banet-Weiser and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Banet-Weiser explores how the cable network Nickelodeon combines an appeal to kids formidable purchasing power with assertions of their political and cultural power.
Download or read book Girls Rule written by Alesha Dixon and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superstar TV presenter and bestselling author Alesha Dixon is back with a hilarious story of sisterhood and being a girl boss! Pearl moves into 10 Downing Street when her mum Patrice becomes the UK's first Black female Prime Minister. A chance meeting with Patrice's childhood sweetheart Jackson and suddenly Pearl's glam new life has an unexpected gatecrasher: Jackson's daughter Izzy. Pearl and Izzy loathe each other on sight and have only one thing in common: a desire to split their parents up. They play loud music which interrupts important meetings, swap confidential documents for silly notes and skateboard through Number Ten knocking over the President of the United States. But as Patrice's popularity in the polls begins to decline as a result of the girls' out-of-control sabotaging, will they realise that they are stronger as team?
Download or read book Girl Power written by Marisa Meltzer and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early nineties, riot grrrl exploded onto the underground music scene, inspiring girls to pick up an instrument, create fanzines, and become politically active. Rejecting both traditional gender roles and their parents' brand of feminism, riot grrrls celebrated and deconstructed femininity. The media went into a titillated frenzy covering followers who wrote "slut" on their bodies, wore frilly dresses with combat boots, and talked openly about sexual politics. The movement's message of "revolution girl-style now" soon filtered into the mainstream as "girl power," popularized by the Spice Girls and transformed into merchandising gold as shrunken T-shirts, lip glosses, and posable dolls. Though many criticized girl power as at best frivolous and at worst soulless and hypersexualized, Marisa Meltzer argues that it paved the way for today's generation of confident girls who are playing instruments and joining bands in record numbers. Girl Power examines the role of women in rock since the riot grrrl revolution, weaving Meltzer's personal anecdotes with interviews with key players such as Tobi Vail from Bikini Kill and Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. Chronicling the legacy of artists such as Bratmobile, Sleater-Kinney, Alanis Morissette, Britney Spears, and, yes, the Spice Girls, Girl Power points the way for the future of women in rock.
Download or read book Girl Power on the Playing Field written by Andy Steiner and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how participation in sports can have a positive affect on a girl's spirit as well as her body.
Download or read book Why Don t Women Rule the World written by J. Cherie Strachan and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why don’t women have more influence over the way the world is structured? Written by four leaders within the national and international academic caucuses on women and politics, Why Don't Women Rule the World? by J. Cherie Strachan , Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger, Shannon Jenkins, and Candice D. Ortbals helps you to understand how the underrepresentation of women manifests within politics, and the impact this has on policy. Grounded in theory with practical, job-related activities, the book offers a thorough introduction to the study of women and politics, and will bolster your political interests, ambitions, and efficacy.
Download or read book No Slam Dunk written by Cheryl Cooky and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "No Slam Dunk".
Download or read book Women of Courage written by Mary Kay Green, J.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The movie ́Juno ́ is up for an academy award. It is the story of a pregrent teenager who choses adoption. Her chose is not the choice of the majority of teenagers who become pregnant. Most of these pregnancies are unintended, but the majority of these young women opt to give birth to and raise their own children. Women of Courage: The Rights of Single Mothers and Their Children Inspired by Crystal Chambers a New Rosa Parks is about the Constitutional rights of non-marital or "illegitimate" children and their parents, about the right to give birth and raise your own children regardless of race ethnicity and marital status. It was inspired by Chrystal Chambers and her lawsuit against the Omaha Girls Club for pregnancy and race-sex discrimination tried in l986. Ms. Chambers case was filed under the 1978 Civil Rights Act, Title VII of the l964 Civil Rights Act prohibiting race and sex discrimination in employment and under the federal statutes prohibiting race descrimination based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution as well as the U.S. Supreme Court decisions under 9th Amendment, the reproductive rights amendment. Ms. Chambers’ case had a role in the passage of the l991 Civil Rights Act, Section 105 (a)(2) banning the use of the business necessity defense in cases where intentional discrimination is alleged. It literally took an act of Congress to get the Omaha Girls Club to abandon their single pregnancy negative role modeling discharge policy. Commission of a felony, racial discrimination and single pregnancies were grounds for discharge under their Negative Role Modeling Policy. The Club ended the policy in the early l990´s. The case has been covered in “The Loud Voice” of the national media. In June of 2003, Ms. Chambers and her case were featured by national black syndicated morning radio talk show host Tom Joyner Show in his segment “Little Known Black Heroes.” In the winter of l986, the case was featured in the New York Times, in Newsweek, in The New York Daily News, and the magazine In These Times as well as locally in Nebraska. The case was also featured twice on National Public Radio’s ‘All Things Considered,’ and Ms. Chambers and her lawyer Mary Kay Green and others were featured on Phil Donahue’s national talk show April 4th, l986. This case has inspired the writing and publication of nearly forty law review articles, most supporting Ms. Chambers and her rights. The book also covers the Magdalene asylums in Ireland for unwed mothers, and challenges the Constitutionality of provisions of the Welfare Reform Act and the Temporary Assistance Act. The book is unique in that both Crystal Chambers and her attorney Mary Kay Green,J.D. were single mothers. Ms. Chambers married the father of her daughter Ruth in l986. She finished college summa cum laude and has lived an exemplary life. She is an excellent role model for young mothers. The majority of these young mothers eventually marry.
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Celebrating Kids written by Linda LaTourelle and published by Bluegrass Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2005-07-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems, quotes and titles to celebrate the school-aged child on cards, scrapbooks, and creative projects.
Download or read book Catching a Wave written by Rory Dicker and published by Northeastern University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young women today have benefited from the strides made by grassroots social activists in the 1960s and 1970s, yet they are hesitant to identify themselves as feminists and seem apathetic about carrying the torch of older generations to redress persistent sexism and gender-based barriers. Contesting the notion that we are in a post-feminist age, this provocative collection of original essays identifies a third wave of feminism. The contributors argue that the next generation needs to develop a politicized, collective feminism that both builds on the strategies of second wave feminists and is grounded in the material realities and culture of the twenty-first century. Organized in five sections that mirror the stages of consciousness-raising, this is an engaging, often edgy, look at a broad range of perspectives on the diversity, complexity, multiplicity, and playfulness of the third wave. It is also a call to action for new voices to redefine a feminism that is not only personally aware but also politically involved.
Download or read book The Secret Lives of Girls written by Sharon Lamb and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From playground games of " chase and kiss" to rough-and-tumble soccer games, from slumber party stripteases to romantic fantasies behind closed doors, author Sharon Lamb coaxes out girls' true stories with uncommon sensitivity and focus. The result of more than 125 fascinating interviews with pre-teens, teenagers, and adult women, The Secret Lives of Girls reveals the ways that girls use their minds and bodies for private sexual play, mischief, and hidden aggression. To truly understand what little girls are made of, Lamb suggests, we must listen not only to what they say to us but also to what they don't say, taking into account their hidden selves and the lives that we adults don't see. Yes, girls are known to be " good, " but they manage to act out in decidedly ungirlish ways and, despite many parents' fears, be the better for it. What's most remarkable about Lamb's conclusions is that we needn't join the chorus of voices deploring a " girl-poisoning" culture for damaging our daughters. Instead, Lamb finds reason to celebrate girls' resilience in the face of pressures to conform -- and she does it by l
Download or read book Take Back Your Power written by Deborah Liu and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can't make the world fair, but you can take back your power. As a woman in Silicon Valley who worked her way to the top of the corporate ladder--she's a former VP at Facebook and the current president and CEO of Ancestry--Deborah Liu knows firsthand the challenges and obstacles in the workplace that keep the deck stacked against women in the workplace . . . and the ways to overcome them. For every woman who grew up competing on the uneven playing field, who is told she is too aggressive, assertive, dramatic, or emotional, this book is the battle cry you need to learn to thrive within the system that exists today, even if it's not the one we wish it were. Take Back Your Power presents both hard data and Liu's personal experiences from twenty years as a woman leader in the male-dominated tech industry to help you: Find your voice, learn how to ask, and achieve what you want in a system that isn't fair and wasn't created for you Debunk the negative connotations of "power" and harness it for your own success Discover how to be heard, seen, and taken more seriously at work by getting out of your own way Overcome the lie that success is only achieved alone by finding the four types of allies you need to reach your goals Become a great leader without losing yourself in the process You have the power to change the future of work for yourself--and for women everywhere.
Download or read book The Book of Woman s Power written by Ida Minerva Tarbell and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short pieces, by various authors, on the role of woman through the ages, and the importance of her contributions to society, industry and government in the modern period.
Download or read book The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination written by Jean Lau Chin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and condensed version of the landmark work on the psychological impact of prejudice and discrimination. Spanning four volumes, the first edition of The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provided a much-needed cornerstone work on one of the most crucial issues in the United States today. This updated and condensed edition of the award-winning set is a streamlined yet rich and insightful look at the mechanisms of prejudice and discrimination in practice. Editor Jean Chin and contributors from across the nation offer insight into how discrimination in American society is rationalized and enacted, as well as how it is experienced by diverse groups. Coverage goes beyond racism to include sexism and the plight of LGBTQ youths, as well as people with disabilities. Updates include a new introduction and conclusion presenting developments, successes, and failures in fighting prejudice and discrimination since the original set was published.
Download or read book Sport Social Development and Peace written by Kevin Young and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is part of the early systematic inquiry into the analysis of sport as a developmental device. The book features an international roster of global experts. The chapters represent three groups: theory and philosophy, empirical research in 'on-the-ground' case studies, and those using circumspection to construct cases regarding evaluation.
Download or read book Jack and the Powerful Seven written by Trina C. Bryer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JACK BEAN was an adventurous kid with quick wit and a seemingly fearless attitude. Things take a turn for the worst when this sometimes bossy yet mischievous kid and his friends Jamie and Matt make a dangerous decision at the infamous Great Museum. In the small town of Ellerehc, the Great Museum is all the rave, but what happens on that fateful night inevitably changes the course of Jack's life forever. Years later, the choices he and his wife Mercy made while attending The University of Doomsburg, end up having an adverse effect on their future, and the future of their seven children: thirteen-year-old Mia, eleven-year-old Mitchell, eight-and-a-half-year-old Matthew, seven-year-old Halley, six-year-old identical twins David and Andrew, and four-year-old little Mary. The Beans weren't very wealthy but found richness in having a loving family. When Mercy's wicked sister Pigadamus and her family come to stay with the Beans, the esteem of the entire family is hit hard. With the Beans eldest daughter being much like her soft-hearted mother, the kids finally reached their breaking point. While being equipped with special and amazing powers, Mia and the rest of the Bean clan feel the need to turn away from their parents teachings to be passive citizens in the town where Betty Evilly and her family rule. When Mia's arch-nemesis Betty discovers a secret buried deep within the Nimba Mountains of Liberia, more havoc and adventure quickly ensues. The kids overwhelming desire to use their extraordinary powers against their enemies lead them into a world of fantasy, intrigue, and danger; a world known as Dreamecca where the impossible becomes possible. With the evil King Logicome in their way, the kids only hope of survival is to combine their strengths and get a little help from their newfound friends in this magical land.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport written by Ken Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport is a comprehensive survey of the latest research into young people’s involvement in sport. Drawing on a wide diversity of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, policy studies, coaching, physical education and physiology, the book examines the importance of sport during a key transitional period of our lives, from the later teenage years into the early twenties, and therefore helps us develop a better understanding of the social construction of young people’s lives. The book covers youth sport in all its forms, from competitive game-contests and conventional sport to recreational activities, exercise and lifestyle sport, and at all levels, from elite competition to leisure time activities and school physical education. It explores youth sport across the world, in developing and developed countries, and touches on some of the most significant themes and issues in contemporary sport studies, including physical activity and health, lifelong participation, talent identification and development, and safeguarding and abuse. No other book brings together in one place such a breadth and depth of material on youth sport or the engagement of young people in physical activity. The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport is therefore important reading for all advanced students, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers with an interest in youth sport, youth culture, sport studies or physical education.
