Twilight

Why do smart teens love Twilight?

Five Reasons A Smart Young Woman Adores TWILIGHT

Five Reasons A Smart Middle Aged Woman Loathes TWILIGHT

"Let's sum up, shall we? Why is TWILIGHT scarier for a grown-up woman than it is for a younger one?

Because we understand the implications.

Because we know that even as a romantic fantasy, it's a damaging one; that even for a trashy book, it's a lousy one; and that even-or especially-as an for escape for a young woman who's longing to break out of her everyday confinements, it's a trap."

GirlDrive

"What do twentysomething women care about? What are their hopes, worries, and ambitions? Have they heard of feminism, and do they relate to it?"

Girldrive tracks a conversation between the next generation. It allows gutsy young women across the American cityscape to be seen and heard. It evaluates, through an intergenerational conversation, the current state of feminism and its many definitions. It’s about the past and the present, and it glimmers on the future. It’s about the promise of the open road. It’s about how young women grapple with the concepts of freedom, equality, joy, ambition, sex, and love—whether they call it “feminism” or not.

–Nona

Interesting video that gives an overview of the project

Nona answers interesting questions about their use of the word "girl", how they located the young women they interviewed, and more about personal motivation here.

Barbie History

Photo History of Barbie Dolls and Oufits from 1959

Barbie Family Tree

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/fashion/08cross.html?_r=1&ref=fashion