Hey my fellow readers!
This is Anita, one of the members of the GirlSpeak Editorial Board. I'm gonna tell you guys what we as a staff have discussed and accomplished so far, just to show you guys what we're all about and what we're interested in.
The GirlSpeak crew met on June 28th for the first time and, thankfully, because we clicked so well, we all dove into conversation about several issues. We discussed how we're upset with the way women are viewed within today's society, several books (such as the Twilight series) which depict characters that play stereotypical female roles, the Chris Brown incident/domestic violence in general, and other topics.
We also were visited by a guest speaker who defined feminism for us and educated us about several historical feminists. The GirlSpeak and BoyThink (another organization within YCA, focused on masculinity issues) staffs also learned about Romantic Objectification, which is a type of poetry that focuses on the romantic genre, while at the same time, metophorically comparing a person to an object. We wrote our own poems using this writing technique, as well as many others.
The BoyThink and GirlSpeak crews had discussions concerning the definitions of feminity and masculinity, issues that women face due to prejudice from men, issues that men face with being knowledgeable about masculinity, and several other issues.
A few exciting things that we're planning to accomplish/publish for the GirlSpeak webzine are a Q&A section based on random and interesting women that we interview on the streets; rants about topics that concern us; a News Feed section where we discuss what we've talked about during meetings; book, movie, music, artist, etc. reviews; a Fashion section, where we include photographs of fashionable women on the streets; what it's like to work amongst a staff that is composed of all women, people that we don't know, and people of different cultural backgrounds; and brief synopses of influential and famous (or non-famous) women that other girls should be aware of.
The girls and I also developed a call for submissions flyer, which is posted as the GirlSpeak's blog first blog entry, and it allows people (young women, in particular) to have the opportunity to send in their literary and visual artworks. We have recieved many submissions within such a short period of time already and we thank you for the contributions and the support. We have gotten many selections of prose and poetry but not much artwork. If you are an visual artist please feel free to contribute to the girlspeak webzine.
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