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I am an 8th grader at the Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School. My social justice topic is Women's Portrayal in the Media. We named our group "Pretty in Pink" to show that the media makes people think that women are supposed to look a certain way, pretty, and that they are supposed to act a certain way. I am interested in this topic because it has such a serious and direct effect on myself and everyone else in my life. I think that if people stopped worrying about how women look or are "supposed" to look, so many problems that we face as a society would be so much easier to fix.

Interview with Model Victoria Lee

We met with and interviewed gorgeous, Australian model, Victoria Lee.  We were so excited to meet her and hear about a perspective completely different from anyone else we had talked to.  We had interviewed women who worked in advertising and women who worked in engineering, but we never worked with someone who’s body was changed…

Interview With Debbie Sterling, Creator of “Goldie Blocks”

On Wednesday, January 21st, we interviewed Debbie Sterling.  Before our interview, Ms. Sterling talked to the whole middle school about starting her company, “Goldie Blox” and being a female engineer.  We learned about the problems of female engineer and the challenges she faced.  We learned a lot about how from a very young age, boys…

Interview with LREI high schooler: Esme Edwards

On Thursday, December 17, we met with and interviewed feminist high schooler Esme Edwards.  Walking into the we were mostly curious about what she had done in the past and the perspective of a teenager because she had a perspective so close to ours.  Esme told us about how she had learned about women’s rights…

Interview with Martha Brooks about Advertising at L’ORÈAL

On Friday, November 21, we met with and interviewed Martha Brooks who is in charge of advertising for the beauty company L’ORÈAL in the United States.  Walking into the building, we had little knowledge about the actually photoshopping process and how superficial advertisements really are, but coming out of her office, we had learned about…

Interview With Author Libba Bray:

On Thursday, October 30, we met with and interviewed feminist author Libba Bray .  Walking into the library, we had not read her book, or knew much about her, but after meeting her, we learned so much about her opinions, and goals and could not wait to read her book, Beauty Queens.  Libba told us…