In the past three weeks, I’ve thought and talked about the mainstreaming of rape culture more than I can describe. After viewing Miss Representation, the Barstool Blackout party’s timing could not have been more spot-on. Already fired up about the horrific ways in which women are portrayed in our media, my first encounter with Barstool Sports only fuelled my outrage. The website makes a regular habit of degrading and objectifying women,...

“In every moment, something sacred is at stake.” ~ Rev. Ed Bacon I surrender to all that ever was, is, and will be… I surrender to the Now. I’ve worried about the world coming completely, utterly, undone before my children have had a chance to grow up, indeed before I’ve had a chance to “grow up!” As a result, I’ve spent an exorbitant amount of precious time obsessing over things that I haven’t any control, and about...

We think that SWSG makes girls feel better about themselves and helps them make friends. Beverly: I like the part of SWSG when we do peaks and valleys because then I get to tell people about my happiest times and when I was mad at that time.  So SWSG can help me.  They will tell me what to do to make me happier.  I learned ways to control anger by telling a teacher to help you instead of picking fights.  This way nobody will get hurt...

With St. Valentine’s day approaching, I hear people talking about the plans they have with their partners, how they are going to ask the person they like on a date that day, which present they are going to get, etc. But I also hear a lot of: “I hate Valentine’s day!” – a feeling that can be caused by a recent break-up or being lonely on Valentine’s Day. I mean, it is hard not to think about these last things when the media is...

At our Boston  Spring Training, as all mentors and adult volunteers gathered to gear up for another great semester of SWSG,  we decided to ask a few Strong Women why they were excited for Jump into Spring 2012. Below, find out  why former SWSG intern Susan Golbe is excited for Jump into Spring 2012… Check back soon for more videos and tell us – why are you excited for Jump into Spring 2012?       Share With...

You know that moment right after you’ve watched the kids on Glee bust out a fierce Adele mash-up, when you think, “God, I wish my high school had been the scene of frequent and non sequitur, choreographed pop mash-ups combined with smack-me-in-the-face messages of acceptance?”  (What, just me?) If the previous statement more or less describes your general state of regralgia (a carefully struck balance of regret and...