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    Archive for December, 2010

    • Fiona’s Blog: On Public Speaking From the Heart

      By Fiona Lowenstein | December 21st, 2010 | 0 comments

      Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein reflects on public speaking and the importance of stepping outside of your comfort zone.

      Tags: Communication, feminism, Fiona's blog, high school, public speaking
      Posted in Blogs, Rachel's Blog | No Comments »

    • Guest Blog: How Parents Obstruct A School’s Anti-Bullying Intervention

      By dev | December 15th, 2010 | 5 comments

      Veteran administrator Brian Gatens shares nearly twenty years of wisdom about what doesn’t work when parents contact a school about bullying.

      Posted in Blogs, Rachel's Blog | 5 Comments »

    • Good Day Dallas: Tips for Parenting Confident, Authentic Girls

      By Melissa Hardy | December 13th, 2010 | 0 comments

      Listen to Rachel’s advice about raising girls with courage and confidence.

      Tags: featured
      Posted in Video | No Comments »

    • GirlTip #52: Loyalty Doesn’t Mean Hating Who Your Friends Hate

      By Rachel Simmons | December 8th, 2010 | 4 comments

      Do you expect friends to get angry at people you’re fighting with? That kind of loyalty isn’t part of a…

      Tags: GirlTip
      Posted in Girl Tips | 4 Comments »

    • Fiona’s Poem: Cat-Call

      By Fiona Lowenstein | December 7th, 2010 | 12 comments

      Guest blogger, high school junior and New Yorker Fiona Lowenstein offers a poetic response to street harassment.

      Tags: Fiona's blog, street harassment, violence
      Posted in Ask Rachel, Blogs | 12 Comments »

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    • Fiona’s Blog: Maybe SHE’S Just Not That Into YOU (or: Stupid Hook-up Stereotypes)

      January 23rd, 2012

      Guest blogger and high school senior Fiona Lowenstein is sick of seeing girls depicted as hopeless romantics after random hook ups…what happens when she’s just not that into him?

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