On January 13, Sophia, Bella, Daria and I went to ABC News to talk to Tamar Gargle. Lexi wasn’t feeling well, so she stayed at school. When we first got to the ABC studio, we were told to go to the other lobby. We ended up going to two other lobbies before getting to the…
On December 17, My group and I ventured up to McCann Worldgroup, to visit Martha Brooks at the L’Oreal advertisement agency. We quickly made our way there by taking the 6 train from Bleeker st. Station. When we got there, we went upstairs, and Ms. Brooks gave us a tour of the floor she works…
On December 12, my group had an interview with the model Crystal Renn at a coffee shop. Early in her career, Ms. Renn developed the eating disorder, anorexia. She became a model at a young age, without a complete understanding of what modeling was. She thought that to be a model you have to be…
On December 10, my group went to City Hall to meet with Samantha Levine. She worked for the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. Ms. Levine started the “I’m a Girl” campaign. If you have read my earlier blog posts, you know that we have already had an interview with Denis Ahlgrim, the designer…
On November 25, we interviewed Iman Abdulmajid, the former model who now has a top selling line of make up advertised for women of color. We had a great conversation with her, and learned a lot about her opinions and experiences. One thing that I definitely want to remember for my teach-in is a line she…
On Tuesday, November 19, my group went to see the film Wadjda. It is about a ten year old girl living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This film was directed by the Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour. Wadjda is best friends with a little boy named Abdullah. On their way to school, Wadjda always said how…
On November 12, my social justice group and I had an interview with Denis Ahlgrim, the designer of the “I’m a Girl” Campaign. The goal of this campaign, created by Samantha Levine, who works for the Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is to make girls feel comfortable with the way they look. On the posters there are…
In September we went to a “Day of the Girl” assembly at Elisabeth Irwin High School. I learned a lot about my civil rights topic at this assembly. At the assembly we got to hear writing pieces written by students from the feminism group at Elisabeth Irwin High School. The students wrote about their experiences…
