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2008
Sexy Halloween Costumes for Girls Lyn Mikel Brown is featured in this article about the trend of making sexy Halloween costumes for girls as young as 12.
Kick Like a Girl! Hardy Girls in collaboration with Merrill Lynch and the Maine Women's Fund screened the documentary film. Kick Like A Girl is the story of what happens when "The Mighty Cheetahs," an undefeated all-girls soccer team, competes in the boys division. With humor and candor this documentary gets at the heart of the boy-girl issues and explores what Kick Like A Girl really means on and off the playing field.
Girls Rock! Heads to Portland Hardy Girls is spreading the Girls Rock! message to southern Maine.
Morning Sentinel Touts Girls Rock! In early April, Hardy Girls spent a long weekend celebrating girls who rock.
Giving Brand Names the Boot Not sure what to say when your daughter asks for the expensive name brands? Check out this article on Disney Family that features advice from Lyn Mikel Brown.
Up To Date with Steve Kraske Lyn Mikel Brown talks with Kraske and therapist and educator Kristin Webster. Brown lays out the stereotypes being sold to girls by marketers and how they limit not only the choices presented to them but how they limit the view girls have of themselves.
Give 'em Heck Karen Heck will be inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame on March 15, 2008. Read about Karen's dedication to fighting for girls' and women's rights in this editorial from the Waterville Morning Sentinel.
Women's Hall of Fame to Induct Activist Check out the initial congratulatory article chronicling how Karen is changing the world for girls and women.
2007
Workshops to help girls see harm in media stereotypes A Morning Sentinel article about HGHW's Media Makeover workshops.
Sympathetic students spread symbols of hope The Morning Sentinel highlights two Maine high schools' girl-initiated and HGHW-backed efforts to raise awareness about troubled home life.
Educators Step Up Fight Against A New Generation of Bullies The Houston Chronicle exposes the new face of bullying where fists have been replaced by gossip but the punches are still being thrown.
Bully Prevention Conference Planned Maine Today highlights Hardy Girl's conference - "Beyond Bully Prevention: Strategies that Work."
Fashion Bullies Attack- in Middle School The Wall Street Journal takes a closer look at the fashion world from the perspective of middle schoolers"
Let's Stop Teaching Preschoolers to be Sexy This Glamour article takes a look at the "phenomenon of racy dolls and all the ways girls are learning to act like little hotties."
Groups Denounce Kmart ShirtsHardy Girls GAB members fight Kmart t-shirt design that advocates domestic violence.
Looking Beyond Bratz Brawls Using Lyn Brown and Sharon Lamb's research from Packaging Girlhood, this article takes a comprehensive look at the Bratz doll and the oversexualized social messages directed to prepubescent girls contained in her "miniskirt and fishnet stockings."
Busting Barbie and Other Myths The July/August issue of Port City Life Magazine features an article about Hardy Girls Healthy Women: what we do and why we do it.
MS. Magazine National Short Takes and Letters Read the National Shortake from MS. Magazine (Spring 2007) regarding the far reach of our Kmart efforts... all the way to Toledo Ohio and beyond! Also read the letter from our very own Karen Heck (printed in the Summer 2007 issue) calling attention to the efforts of our Girls Advisory Board members.
Hardy Girls Interview on State of the State Listen to Lyn Mikel Brown and Megan Williams talk about Hardy Girls Healthy Women on State of the State (a Maine radio show!) from June 19th, 2007. (Scroll down in the archives to the day of the interview.)
How to steer your daughter away from the Bratz.
Authors Lyn Mikel Brown and Sharon Lamb of Packaging Girlhood discuss common children's toys, films, games, and books that stereotype girls. The article describes strategic ways for parents to encourage and reinforce positive images that don't typify gender roles.
Teenage girls in fifth year of directing summer camp Girls' Advisory Board members Renee and Beth are so awesome that they even run a camp for kids every summer- on their own! We are so proud of them!
Don't Believe Everything You See on TV... The two writers of Packaging Girlhood urge you not to beleive everything you see in the media!
Grant will spread word for Hardy Girls Hardy Girls/Healthy Women has developed whole curriculums around combating girl fighting and gay phobia, but budget restraints have put tight limits on getting that information out -- until now.
Inspiration for Young Women The Morning Sentinel, April 8 2007. (File Size 59.72 KB)
The Age of Promiscuity? The Sacramento Bee, March 10 2007. (File Size 46.90 KB)
Hardy Girls Healthy Women on WMTW A few of our girls speak with WMTW (channel 8 in Waterville) about what we do here and what matters to them. We are so proud! March 1st, 2007 (the files take a moment to load, so please be patient!)
2006
Reflections On The Year in Youth Culture Anastasia Goodstein blogs about mass culture in 2006, and is hopeful as she mentions Packaging Girlhood! December 28, 2006 (File size: 27.24 KB)
What's Wrong With Cinderella? Peggy Orenstein, of The New York Times, explores cultural influences on girls, and references our favorite expert, Lyn Mikel Brown! December 26, 2006 (File size: 48.52 KB)
Sexy Babies The Bratz Dolls Have Gone Too Far... Once Again. December 24, 2006 (File size: 47.11 KB)
Maine Nonprofits to Kmart- "Pull Crude Shirt!" Violence Against Women and Girls is NOT a Laughing Matter! December 22, 2006 (File size: 36.05 KB)
National Transgender Activist Blogs for Ugly Ducklings Read what Kate Bornstein has to say about the Ugly Ducklings Campaign, December 17, 2006 (File size: 89.95 KB)
HGHW on Women Aloud Click here to listen to an MP3 of the October 25th Hardy Girls Interview on Women Aloud (part of the new Greenstone Media Network) file size: 8.01 MB
Is Halloween Too Sexy? Island Family Magazine, October 2006 (PDF: 79.36 KB)
Girls Aren't Really Like That Ottawa Citizen, September 10th, 2006 (PDF: 73.25 KB)
My Turn: How Ads Are Used in Campaigns Burlington Free Press, September 7, 2006 (PDF: 67.31 KB)
Where The Girls Are Seven Days, September 6, 2006 (PDF: 95.80 KB)
How To Get To Stereotype Street Boston Globe, August 10, 2006 (PDF: 71.52 KB)
Fighter for Women Honored Morning Sentinel, May 7, 2006 (PDF: 64K)
Maine Film Awards Presented at Gala Morning Sentinel, March 5, 2006 (PDF: 113K)
The Ugly Ducklings Campaign Maine Women's Journal, Winter Issue, 2006 (PDF: 2.27MB)
2005
Selling an Ideal of Lipstick and Lace The Boston Globe, December 21, 2005 (PDF: 51K)
Educators Try to Expose IM's Dark Side Maine Sunday Telegram, November 27, 2005 (PDF: 145K)
For Little Girls, Halloween Is No Time to VampOrlando Sentinel, October 29, 2005 (PDF: 39K)
Tramp or Treat: When good girls can be badThe Windsor Star, October 24, 2005 (PDF:230K)
Maine Things Considered Maine Public Broadcasting Network, September 15, 2005 (Ugly Ducklings Broadcast is about 3/4 of the way through the broadcast)
From 'Ugly Ducklings,' A Powerful Message of Hope, Decency Morning Sentinel, September 15, 2005 (PDF: 113K)
'Ugly Ducklings Offers Messages On Social Issues Maine Sunday Telegram, September 11, 2005 (PDF: 106KB)
Ugly Ducklings: Around the fire - Stories of love, bias, and fear Portland Press Herald, September 9, 2005 (PDF: 92KB)
Alcohol Study Says Girls Are Outpacing BoysThe Boston Globe, August 11, 2005 (PDF: 66K)
Local Groups Back Anti-Bullying Project Morning Sentinel, July 22, 2005 (PDF: 68K)
Ugly Ducklings Tackles Controversial Subjects Morning Sentinel, May 25, 2005 (PDF: 53K)
SAD 49 Rejects Controversial Play Morning Sentinel, May 21, 2005 (PDF: 52K)
Science and Math Conference Helps Girls Fight StereotypesMorning Sentinel, May 1, 2005 (PDF: 102K)
Mean Girls Getting Younger National Post (Canadian Newspaper), May 5, 2005 (PDF: 54K)
Sheridan's Show Draws On Myths Morning Sentinel, April 8, 2005 (PDF:60K)
Tech Is For Girls Kennebec Journal, February 22, 2005 (PDF: 62K)
2004
Covering Up Britney The Harvard Crimson, December 2, 2004 (PDF: 38K)
The Coalition vs. Mean Girls New Moon, November/December 2004 (PDF: 69K)
Games Girls Play Outlook, Fall 2004 (PDF: 79K)
Marketing Images Continue to Belittle Girls, Expert Warns Bangor Daily News, October 20, 2004 (PDF: 102K)
Fashion’s Big Coverup Orlando Sentinel, July 22, 2004 (PDF: 138K)
Why Do Girls Fight? Read the Book Morning Sentinel, May 16, 2004 (PDF: 66K)
It’s All About Girls, Bonding for Strength and Boldness Morning Sentinel, May 16, 2004 (PDF: 69K)
Bullying is Subject of Hallowell Forum Kennebec Journal, February 10, 2004 (PDF: 17K)
Never Easy, Being a Girl is Harder Than Ever Portland Press Herald, January 19, 2004 (PDF: 47K)
Shocking But True: Even 6-Year-Old Girls Can Be Bullies Boston Globe, January 15, 2004 (PDF: 48K)
Girls Unlimited! Conference Will Focus on Money Matters Morning Sentinel, January 14, 2004 (PDF: 45K)
2003
Nonprofit Hardy Girls Healthy Women Dedicated to Girls Exploring Life, Limits Morning Sentinel, November 13, 2003 (PDF: 282K)
Abby Spector to kick off Hardy Girls’ Golf Tournament Morning Sentinel, June 6, 2003 (PDF: 45K)
Navigating Your Teenage Daughter Through the Gossip Wars Boston Globe, March 6, 2003 (PDF: 50K)
Girls Team Up, Weigh In On Unhealthy National Obsession Portland Press Herald, February 24, 2003 (PDF: 46K)
Girls Unlimited!5th annual Girls conference Turn Beauty Inside Out Morning Sentinel, February 24, 2003 (PDF: 110K)
2002
Girls talk...And the topic is ’girlfighting’- what it is and ways to avert it Maine Sunday Telegram, October 27, 2002 (PDF: 105K)
Hardy Girls Co-Creators Lyn Mikel Brown, Lynn Cole and Karen Heck, honored as Women of the Year by the Business and Professional Women’s Association Morning Sentinel, May 17, 2002 (PDF: 282K)
Raising Hardy Girls...Professor Lyn Mikel Brown and Karen Heck ’74 create spaces where girls can thrive Colby Magazine, Spring 2002
The Adventure Girls learn to make their own compasses for orienteering in the woods
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