Girl Power Word of the Week:

 Empower

 

[verb]   to invest with power; to equip or supply with an ability or authority.


Example: 
By learning about how to manage money, Miranda empowered herself to take control of her own future.

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 “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
 

 

Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady, Humanitarian, 1884 – 1962



 





 

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Articles

A Guide To Surviving An Argument

A Guide To Surviving An Argument

Some Strategies for When You Feel Like You Are Going to Explode

By Chella Quint

Sound familiar? Your friend suddenly snaps at you after you’ve made an ‘innocent remark’.

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blogs
Liz Vogtsberger

Ad Analysis

Body and Self-Confidence by Milk

By: Liz Vogtsberger

Although this ad (People magazine 11/25/09) features a celebrity, Jordin Sparks, the sixth winner of American Idol, it doesn’t use her in that typical advertising way that makes other girls feel bad a ...

Liz Vogtsberger

Ad Analysis

As If Finding Great Jeans Isn’t Hard Enough…

By: Liz Vogtsberger

Let’s continue our conversation about how images of girls’ and women’s bodies are used to sell products.  The ad we examined last featured supermodel Gisele Bundchen selling a raincoat for London Fog. ...

Victoria Garcia

Doing It Yourself

Welcome to the Doing It Yourself Blog!

By: Victoria Garcia

My name is Victoria, and I'm going to be writing this blog! Did you know that there are many, many ways to make your own type of media? "Media" is anything that says something to readers. It can be ...

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Dove onslaught ads and body image video

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Florence Lemle
Florence Lemle
President of a private real estate company

I am:  happy, free-spirited, optimistic, & unmarried by choice What I do:  I am President of a private real estate company in New York.  My responsibilities are financial, legal, leasing, managing people and time.  The buck stops with me.  I have to make sure everyth...

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Miranda Stuart (a.k.a Dr. James Barry),  Pioneering Woman Physician
Miranda Stuart (A.K.A Dr. James Barry), Pioneering Woman Physician

In the 1800's in Britain, women were not permitted to practice medicine.  This did not stop Miranda Stuart.  While still a teenager, she concealed her gender, renamed herself James Barry, and began taking classes at the prestigious University of Edinburgh in Scotland.  Her disguis...

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