| Title: | ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE |
| Notice: | V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open. |
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| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 30 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Some friends I graduated with and I have formed a non-profit
organization based in Cambridge for the purpose of publishing a
newsletter devoted to issues facing adolescent females.
Our organization presently consists of about 23 women, most of whom
are between 20-24 years old. We invite young adolescent women to
our non-business meetings to discuss issues and problems affecting
their lives in a warm and supportive atmosphere amongst other women
who were adolescents not too long ago {and some of us claim we are still
learning to better deal with our own "adolescent problems" ;-).}
We listen to what topics they would like to see covered in the newsletter,
solicit and receive their writings, and hopefully act as good role models
who bring them more information and support on the problems they are
facing than they would otherwise receive.
Recently a young guest with political aspirations expressed an
interest in writing an article on women in politics. She is looking
for information on the following topics :
o the number of elected female politicians at various levels
of government from local to national
o the dominant political perspective of these female politicians,
looking for changes in stance going "up" the political ladder
o the demographics of the elected female politicians
My first thought was a good source of recent information on this
subject would be papers/thesis written for Women's Studies programs.
We also are looking for a paper written by a female adolescent which
presents the "anti-abortion" side of the issue. We have plenty of
papers expressing pro-choice views, and we want to present both sides
of the issue in our next newsletter.
We need ideas on distribution of the newsletter. Our current plans are
for distribution at local areas where teens hang out, schools, teen crisis
centers, malls, juvenile detention centers, and the Youth Congress.
One observation we've made based on our discussions with guests :
Our original intention was to focus on the 14-17 age group. However,
the problems we thought would be discussed primarily by 14-17 year-olds
are being discussed as frequently by 12-14 year-olds! I guess this
could have been predicted, but it is still a shock to hear
the problems facing some 12-year-olds today...Society is changing so
quickly...
We had a discussion on major publications whose intended audience
is female adolescents, i.e., Seventeen, Young Miss, etc...
A future topic will focus on the typical content and format of
the publications. Then, opinions will be given on how these publications
positively and negatively influence young women today. My question
for you is one general one - how do you feel these magazines influenced
your values and perceptions of yourself ? ... and one specific one ...
At what age did you develop an interest in reading magazines
like Seventeen?
Thanks, in advance, for sharing your ideas and opinions.
nancy b.
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| 588.1 | We need more stuff like this... | EDUHCI::WARREN | Wed May 10 1989 11:15 | 33 | |
Nancy,
What a wonderful project!
Your young author might try NOW for the statistics she is looking
for. Also, I know there is an organization devoted to raising money
for female candidates (either party, I believe). I can't remember
the name, but I believes it's an acronym that spells a woman's name
(ELLEN, maybe?). Anyone else familiar with them? I'm sure they
would have the data she needs.
I would love to see that article when it's complete.
Funny you should be looking for an anti-abortion article by an
adolescent. I just came across an anti-abortion essay I wrote when
I was a sophomore in (Catholic) high school. It was eerie to read
it...
Other distribution ideas: organizations for girls such as Girl Scouts
and Girls Clubs.
In answer to your question, I was never that "into" teen magazines,
but when I did look at Seventeen and others like it, I was probably
13 or 14. By 16, I was more interested in "adult" fashion mags,
like Glamour. I suspect that's not atypical. Remember when we
wanted to be older than we were?
Good luck with the newsletter,
-Tracy
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| 588.2 | stroke of the obvious! | SYSENG::BITTLE | Nancy Bittle-Hardware Engineer,LSEE | Thu May 11 1989 03:39 | 24 |
Thanks for the ideas, Tracy!
Of course you can receive the completed article...We are currently
trying to decide how much editing is appropriate on the articles
received. The content is there, but flow is poor, grammar is bad,
etc...
Thank you for enlightening me with a stroke of the obvious with
your story about your anti-abortion essay in Catholic school. I
would imagine area Catholic schools would be helpful in supplying
us with an anti-abortion essay written by an adolescent female.
This was a toughie, since none of the members or guests were anti-
abortion. We didn't want to have a sincere opinion published while
the other side's points were only cursorily mentioned... {only
the Boston Glob does this sort of thing}
You said something to the effect of - remember when we use to want
to be older...?
I don't feel like this all the time, but right now I would trade
large sums of money to be about 5 years older and wiser!
nancy b.
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| 588.3 | HKFINN::STANLEY | What a long, strange trip its been | Thu May 11 1989 11:40 | 7 | |
I just read an article by a feminist who is also anti-abortion.
It was very well written. I'll see if I can find it tonight.
I believe (but I'm not sure) that it was in the most current issue of
Mother Jones magazine. It might be just what you need to present a
balanced view. I'll find it and get it to you.
Mary
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| 588.4 | Another idea.. | MEMV03::CROCITTO | It's Jane Bullock Crocitto now | Fri May 12 1989 11:48 | 10 |
Hi--
You might also try female adolescents from The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. I am a member there, and teach 10 & 11 year
old girls (a bit too young!) their Sunday school lessons.
They (girls and women) have definite views on the subject, and
can site reasons for their beliefs.
Jane
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| 588.5 | Male $.02 | COMET::HENNINGER | Fri May 19 1989 13:48 | 13 | |
What about some as in New Woman, Working Mother, and such genre'.
My wife gets these and I find the articles enlightening as to how
to deal with both my wife and my daughters. I also grow from some.
Also, this may lead to an indirect filter down by reaching mom,
or in my case dad, the info could be discussed with the daughters
involved.
There are several Christian teenager mags, TQ comes to mind, however,
my mother's subscription for my kids never gets opened. I think
because it is considered passe' by the ones it is aimed at.
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