Julie Pippert is featuring my essay: Empowering Girls: Hootchy Clothes and Mean Girls on Moms Speak Up, a blog collaborative. Take a trip over there and give it a Kirsty won't you?
Thanks Julie.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Moms Speak Up
Empowering Girls: Breast Cancer Risks
Parents should be aware that there are three things that increase a girl's risk for breast cancer: * If she starts her period early. * If she does not have one baby before age 30. * If she does not breastfeed.
From an interview with Teresa Knight, a St. Louis, MO OB/GYN with a Masters in Neuro-anatomy, concerning the risks of precocious puberty or early puberty.
Girls now start their periods three years earlier than previous generations. Fifty percent now start their periods by 10 years of age, increasing their risk of breast cancer.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
It Chick Clothes Photo Contest
It Chick Clothes, an online plus-size clothing store for tween girls, is launching a photo essay contest for young girls, asking them to submit photos that illustrate what it means to be a Tween Girl in America right now. It Chick Clothes, as a company, believe that girls cannot be labeled or pigeonholed.
They're not just athletes, just pretty, just smart, or just students.
They are a tapestry, and we believe that these girls are the best people to tell us who they are.
They're're giving away a Wii Fit game to the winner.
In addition, they will post the top five entries and the accompanying text on their site at www.itchickclothes.com. The contest is open from August 1st to September 30th.
As part of this contest, they're giving away 10% of back-to-school sales (sales in the months of August and September) to Girls Inc., a national nonprofit dedicated to inspiring all girls to be stong, smart and bold. So enter the contest and shop !
See contest rules here.
Photo Source: It Chick Clothes
You're Amazing! New Winner
Charlotte, with a stepdaughter, is our new You're Amazing! Giveaway winner. Please email me at traceesioux@yahoo.com to claim your prize.If you wish to purchase Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self
A bookplate is a signed sticker to put in the inside jacket of the book.
Essentially you would have an autographed copy of the book to give to the Amazing Girl in your life.
Please order the book through the Amazon link, Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self
Friday, August 8, 2008
Empowering Girls: Hootchy Clothes
If you are using words like hootchy, skank, slut, whore or any other sexually derogatory word to describe the clothing (whether inappropriate or not) of any girl you are an active participant in further sexualizing girls.
If you are teaching your daughter (or sons) to use sexually derogatory words to describe other girls' clothing you are actively coaching her in mean girl behavior.
If you call a young girl's outfit "skanky," you've just taught your daughter that it's okay to call another girl a "skank" if she doesn't like her clothes. If you describe an outfit as "hootchy mama," you've just taught your daughter that if she makes the slightest clothing error, it's okay for others to call her a "hootchy mama."
You're basically making a judgement about whether a girl is sexually active or promiscuous by her clothing.
I'm hearing people say such things about 3-5 year olds. Think about it - are those words you really want to apply to children?
Children should be immune to our sexuality. When you apply sexually derogatory words to children, you sexualize them. You open them up to a sexual context that others can use against them.
If there is any group of people on the planet earth who should be entitled to wear less clothing it is children. Children should be immune to the sexual implications of all skin exposure.
There are some inappropriate clothing choices available to girls. We can tell our daughters why they shouldn't wear such things without being sexually derogatory about their friends, classmates, neighbors, family or their own secret selves that also wish to wear that clothing.
"I don't think that's appropriate," is generally sufficient explanation for why your daughter isn't allowed to wear something.
Regardless of what a girl is wearing she is deserving of respect.
It is impossible to demand more respect for girls by being disrespectful to girls.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Julia of Norfolk, Claim Prize
Last chance to email me Julia of Norfolk. I'm going to draw another winner if I don't hear from you by Noon Friday. traceesioux at yahoo.com .
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Moms Speak Up
Julie Pippert is featuring my essay: Empowering Girls: Hootchy Clothes and Mean Girls on Moms Speak Up, a blog collaborative. Take a trip over there and give it a Kirsty won't you?
Thanks Julie.
Empowering Girls: Breast Cancer Risks
Parents should be aware that there are three things that increase a girl's risk for breast cancer: * If she starts her period early. * If she does not have one baby before age 30. * If she does not breastfeed.
From an interview with Teresa Knight, a St. Louis, MO OB/GYN with a Masters in Neuro-anatomy, concerning the risks of precocious puberty or early puberty.
Girls now start their periods three years earlier than previous generations. Fifty percent now start their periods by 10 years of age, increasing their risk of breast cancer.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
It Chick Clothes Photo Contest
It Chick Clothes, an online plus-size clothing store for tween girls, is launching a photo essay contest for young girls, asking them to submit photos that illustrate what it means to be a Tween Girl in America right now. It Chick Clothes, as a company, believe that girls cannot be labeled or pigeonholed.
They're not just athletes, just pretty, just smart, or just students.
They are a tapestry, and we believe that these girls are the best people to tell us who they are.
They're're giving away a Wii Fit game to the winner.
In addition, they will post the top five entries and the accompanying text on their site at www.itchickclothes.com. The contest is open from August 1st to September 30th.
As part of this contest, they're giving away 10% of back-to-school sales (sales in the months of August and September) to Girls Inc., a national nonprofit dedicated to inspiring all girls to be stong, smart and bold. So enter the contest and shop !
See contest rules here.
Photo Source: It Chick Clothes
You're Amazing! New Winner
Charlotte, with a stepdaughter, is our new You're Amazing! Giveaway winner. Please email me at traceesioux@yahoo.com to claim your prize.If you wish to purchase Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self
A bookplate is a signed sticker to put in the inside jacket of the book.
Essentially you would have an autographed copy of the book to give to the Amazing Girl in your life.
Please order the book through the Amazon link, Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self
Friday, August 8, 2008
Empowering Girls: Hootchy Clothes
If you are using words like hootchy, skank, slut, whore or any other sexually derogatory word to describe the clothing (whether inappropriate or not) of any girl you are an active participant in further sexualizing girls.
If you are teaching your daughter (or sons) to use sexually derogatory words to describe other girls' clothing you are actively coaching her in mean girl behavior.
If you call a young girl's outfit "skanky," you've just taught your daughter that it's okay to call another girl a "skank" if she doesn't like her clothes. If you describe an outfit as "hootchy mama," you've just taught your daughter that if she makes the slightest clothing error, it's okay for others to call her a "hootchy mama."
You're basically making a judgement about whether a girl is sexually active or promiscuous by her clothing.
I'm hearing people say such things about 3-5 year olds. Think about it - are those words you really want to apply to children?
Children should be immune to our sexuality. When you apply sexually derogatory words to children, you sexualize them. You open them up to a sexual context that others can use against them.
If there is any group of people on the planet earth who should be entitled to wear less clothing it is children. Children should be immune to the sexual implications of all skin exposure.
There are some inappropriate clothing choices available to girls. We can tell our daughters why they shouldn't wear such things without being sexually derogatory about their friends, classmates, neighbors, family or their own secret selves that also wish to wear that clothing.
"I don't think that's appropriate," is generally sufficient explanation for why your daughter isn't allowed to wear something.
Regardless of what a girl is wearing she is deserving of respect.
It is impossible to demand more respect for girls by being disrespectful to girls.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Julia of Norfolk, Claim Prize
Last chance to email me Julia of Norfolk. I'm going to draw another winner if I don't hear from you by Noon Friday. traceesioux at yahoo.com .
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