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Fiona's Blog: Is Facebook Dangerous for Youth or a Global Game-Changer?
With protests and revolutions underway in the Middle East, guest blogger Fiona wonders: Can we still call Facebook a bad influence on younger generations?
Fiona's Blog: How to Fight With Your Best Friend
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein offers concrete strategies to confront and resolve a conflict with a friend.
Fiona & the SAT: Overcoming Myself
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein is dreading the SAT. What is it about testing that scares girls so much?
Fiona's Blog: Films "True Grit" and "Somewhere" Star Girls but Fail Girlhood
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?
Fiona's Blog: Q & A With New York Times Columnist Gail Collins
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein interviews New York Times columnist and bestselling author Gail Collins about American girls and women today.
Fiona's Book List: 13 Girl-Positive Winter Reads
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein reveals her favorite books with powerful girl protagonists for girls of all ages.
Fiona's Blog: On Public Speaking From the Heart
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein reflects on public speaking and the importance of stepping outside of your comfort zone.
Fiona's Poem: Cat-Call
Guest blogger, high school junior and New Yorker Fiona Lowenstein offers a poetic response to street harassment.
Fiona's Blog: An Ode to Harry Potter's Hermione, Nerd-Chic Heroine
High school junior and guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein shouts out to J.K. Rowling's heroine, Hermione Granger.
Fiona's Blog: Should Parents Photoshop Kids' School Pictures?
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.
Fiona's Blog: Girls DO Ask - Why I'm No Longer Afraid to Hear the Word "No"
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.
Fiona's Blog: Q & A With Debora Spar, President of Barnard College
High school junior and guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein talks feminism and single-sex education with Barnard President Debora Spar.
When the Curse of the Good Girl Goes to College
Maddie, a GLI alumna and college freshman, reflects on what happens when "too nice" goes to college.
Fiona's Blog: Remembering the Grandmother I Loved and Admired
High school junior Fiona remembers the grandmother who taught her about women's independence, and examines the pressure to grieve in the "right" way.
Fiona's Blog: What's Wrong with a Guy Holding the Door for Me? Are Chivalry & Feminism Incompatible?
High school junior and guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein tackles the notion of chivalry in a modern world.
Fiona's Blog: Good Girls No More - A Girl's Guide to the Game
High school junior and weekly guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein reflects on the ways girls' athletics can break the Curse of the Good Girl.
Fiona's Blog: The Cost of a Mean Girl World
High school junior Fiona takes on the world of frenemies and hidden agendas among girls.