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Silicone sisters creates teen girl games

I just heard about the first all female-owned video game studio: Silicone Sisters Inc. It is Vancouver based and they have about 3000 (mostly teen girls) followers on Facebook. Good for you Brenda Bailey Gershkovitch and Kirsten Forbes. I am definitely going to look them up! www.siliconesisters.ca

Suicides increase amoung young girls

I just read that suicides are increasing amoung young Canadain girls. Suicide rates for girls aged 10-14 increased 50 (yes 50!) percent from 1980 to 2008. There were no reasons provided, but if my reseasrch is right, girls are facing more pressures and expectations than ever before and there are fewer buffers like solid

Education for boys promotes gender equality

I just read a great article in the Globe and Mail about all the great peolpe and programs that teach boys how to be real men without being violent and misogynist. Like WiseGuys and Walk a Mile in her Shoes. Similar to my work with girls, boys are taught that pornography is not healthy (and dangerous

Killed Because they were Girls is a new book

I see that Christie Blatchford and the National Post have published a book on the trial of the Shafia family. If you recall the father, mother and brother were all found guilty of murdering their two daughters and step mother. They pushed their car into a lake. I like the title of the book because its so true.

Don’t let your teen watch movies

Recent research shows that those teens who watch movies showing people drinking alcohol are more likely to start drinking sooner. No surprise, except that SO many movies show young adults drinking. Think of all those movies where college students are seen drinking themselves silly and doing stupid and dangerous things with no apparent consequences

Anti-Shark Fin Soup Crusader is Amazing

Claudia Li, a 25 year old Vancouver woman is single handedly saving the sharks. Why? Because she can. Her non-profit organization “Shark Truth” is stopping the eating of shark fin soup. As a Chinese-Canadian woman from a traditional family she knew that eating shark fins had two purposes: family status and generosity. Her work

We need a new wonder woman

I can’t wait to watch the new documentary called “Wonder Women! The untold Story of American Super heroines,” directed by Kristy Guevara- Flanagan. It’s about the one rare superhero but also about why women and girls need strong powerful heroes that they can relate to. There are so few. Here’s to more women that

You must watch MissRepresentation

I attended the YWCA Vancouver screening of Miss Representation, a great empowering documentary for women. All I can say is GO WATCH IT NOW! Then call me and we will start a new movement.

Porn is the elephant in the room

I agree with Paddy McCallum when he says, “Porn is the elephant in the room” as it relates to girls and boys fractured relationships. Kids are consuming vast amounts of extreme pornography and no one wants to talk about it. Mr McCallum, a seasoned teacher said in a recent news article that about 8

Sext Up Kids a must see

SextUp Kids is a documentary must see. Maureen Palmer, the award winning director of SextUp Kids said that three things created the perfect storm for today’s weird teen sexual behaviours. First the hyper sexualisation of the media, second the extreme ease of access to pornography – especially by boys age 10-13 (!) and the