On Monday, January 27, my social justice group doubled up with the sexual violence group to go to a class at the Paley center about women’s portrayal in the media. The woman who talked to us, Rebecca, was really nice, and shared with us many interesting, and some very horrifying facts about women in the…
Today our group went to ABC News to interview Tamar Gargle, and get a tour of their workspace. We took the one train to 66th street, where ABC was across the street from the subway exit. When we got there, Tamar talked to us a little about herself, and what she does. Tamar is the…
On December 17, my social justice group and I went to the advertising center of L’Oreal to meet with a creative director for their advertising who is also an LREI parent. Getting there was by simple, despite the snow, and the subway ride was quick. Being in the center was amazing. Martha showed us a…
On December 12, my social justice group and I went to Jacks to talk with a model who is considered plus sized named Crystal Renn. Crystal was an amazing person to talk to, with a very interesting story and idea on modeling. Crystal was anorexic (she was starving herself to fit the modeling qualities) when…
On December 10, my social justice group and I went to meet with Samantha Levine who works for city hall. Samantha was the second person we interviewed about the I’m a Girl Campaign, the first being Dennis Algrim, the designer, but she is the manager, so it was great to see where the idea came…
On November 25, my social justice group and I met in a cafe near school with Iman Abdulmajid. Iman said in her early years she was a refugee from Somalia because her mother had feared for her fathers life. She was a major in political science and had never worn makeup, heels, fancy clothes, or…
On November 19, my social justice group and I went to see the film Wadjda, the first movie directed by a Saudi Arabian woman with a fully Saudi Arabian cast. Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour, it tells the story of a ten year old Saudi Arabian girl living in the suburbs of Riyadh, the capital of…
In the beginning of the school year, I and the rest of my social justice group went with the other women’s group to listen to an assembly in the high school about day of a girl. The kids in the feminist group from the high school all got up, and shared parts from their essays they…
On Tuesday, November 12th, I and the other five members of the Women in the media, and women’s self-esteem group met and had an interview with Dennis Ahlgrim. Dennis was the designer of the I’m a Girl Campaign happening all around the city. He was very friendly, and knew Sophia well, so that made the…
