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Fiona's Blog: How Blogging Prepared Me to Write a College Admissions Essay
Blogging and college essays? You bet. Guest blogger and rising high school senior Fiona Lowenstein is back from summer vacation with her latest post about the unanticipated benefits of putting herself out there online, week after week.
Fiona's Blog: Barbie Boys, Tomboys & Gender Rules in Childhood
High school senior Fiona Lowenstein buys a Barbie for a little boy and asks: why do gender roles have to be enforced so young?
Go With Your Own Glow: The Dangers of Tanning for Girls
High school senior Fiona Lowenstein hits the Cosmo Safe Sun Awards and reports back about the dangers of tanning for girls.
Fear-Based Fitness: Exercise Should Be About More Than Weight Loss
Rising high school senior Fiona Lowenstein asks why fitness always seems to be about weight loss for women and girls.
Fiona's Junior Year Survival Guide
So-done-with-junior-year guest blogger Fiona Lowenstein serves up her guide to the junior year jungle.
10 Reasons Why Prom is Better & Worse Than Ever Before
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein's got the good news and bad news about prom in 2011.
Bimbo or Overachiever? Running for Office as a Girl
Running for high school office, writes Fiona, is "like standing up in a big room full of people who love to judge other people, and saying, “I think I’m really smart and great and funny.'”
Fiona's Blog: Top Five Reasons to See "Bridesmaids"
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein wants you to know why you should go see the movie "Bridesmaids" RIGHT NOW (spoiler alert!).
Running in Heels: Why Should Women Leaders Have to Look Like Barbies?
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein rips her dress, runs in heels, and wonders why women leaders have to look like Barbies.
Fiona's Blog: 10 Things Hillary Was Thinking When Osama Was Shot
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein pokes fun at pundits examining Hillary's body language.
Advice for the Teenage Summer Intern: Lose the Flip-Flops!
Got an internship this summer? Check out high school junior Fiona's tips on how to stand out at your new job.
The French Veil Debate: Wherefore Art Thou, Feminism?
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein asks whether cultural relativism has drowned out the voice of feminism in the French veil debate.
Fiona on the A & F Padded Bikini Outrage: How Effective is a Girlcott Anyway?
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein questions whether Abercrombie & Fitch and American Apparel's latest behavior warrants a girlcott.
Remembering Geraldine Ferraro Through a 6th Grader's Eyes
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein remembers what it was like to meet Geraldine Ferraro, the first female nominee for Vice President, when she was in sixth grade.
When Cyberbullying Goes Viral: Teen Rebecca Black's "Friday" Video
High school junior Fiona Lowenstein knows why 13 year old singer Rebecca Black became the target of viral cyberbullying for her music video "Friday."
Extraordinary Girls: Meet Joyce, a 16 Year Old Wrestler
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona Lowenstein interviews sixteen-year-old, co-ed wrestler Joyce as part of her new series on teenage girls who break the mold.
I am not a "C:" A High School Rant on Hating Physics, College Pressure, & Doing What Makes You Happy
High school junior Julia refuses to let one bad grade define her.
Fiona's Blog: Is Girl World More "Heathers" or "Mean Girls?"
Guest blogger and high school junior Fiona compares the girl bully heroines of the films "Heathers" and "Mean Girls:" which one is ultimately more realistic, and thus more powerful?