High school junior Fiona critiques two new films with young female heroines and asks: in choosing to focus on girls, did these movies forget to depict girlhood?

A developmental psychologist advises parents about how to talk with girls about relational aggression in preschool.

Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein interviews New York Times columnist and bestselling author Gail Collins about American girls and women today.

A veteran administrator shares 18 years of wisdom about how parents can work with a school to deal with bullying.

Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein reveals her favorite books with powerful girl protagonists for girls of all ages.

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

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

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

Rachel's advice to a high school freshman who needs to turn things around.

High school junior and guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein shouts out to J.K. Rowling's heroine, Hermione Granger.

High school junior and guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein examines the new trend of parents photoshopping school pictures, and reflects on her own experience embracing imperfection.

Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein makes it official: she's not afraid to hear the word "no," and she's going to start asking -- for paper extensions, internships and interviews.

High school junior and guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein talks feminism and single-sex education with Barnard President Debora Spar.

Maddie, a GLI alumna and college freshman, reflects on what happens when "too nice" goes to college.

A letter from Rachel's inbox about friends growing apart, with Rachel's advice on how to deal.

High school junior Fiona remembers the grandmother who taught her about women's independence, and examines the pressure to grieve in the "right" way.

We all think we’d recognize a bully if we saw one, but much of what we know about social aggression among kids is wrong. Last week, Rachel wrote a column for Newsweek exploring the most common myths about bullying.