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#Flawless: The Intersection Of Celebrity Culture And New Media In The Modern Feminist Movement, Laurel Schwartz
#Flawless: The Intersection Of Celebrity Culture And New Media In The Modern Feminist Movement, Laurel Schwartz
Scripps Senior Theses
People have organized around gender equality in modern America for the last century. However, with the advent of new technology, people largely organize in around social movements in online spaces. This thesis explores the ways in which new media expands a popular understanding of the Feminist movement.
"I'M A Little Pony And I Just Did Something Bad:" Feminist Pedagogy And The Organizing Ethics In The Rock 'N' Roll Camp For Girls, Caitlin Sweeney
"I'M A Little Pony And I Just Did Something Bad:" Feminist Pedagogy And The Organizing Ethics In The Rock 'N' Roll Camp For Girls, Caitlin Sweeney
Scripps Senior Theses
Misty McElroy had no idea when she crafted her senior undergraduate capstone project at Portland State University in 2001 that she was starting a worldwide phenomenon—the Rock ‘n’ Roll Campfor Girls. What started as a week-long summer camp for girls ages 8 to 17 to teach them how to play rock music has since blossomed into an organization with over 40 branches worldwide, serving 3000 girls every year and affecting the lives of thousands more women and girls in the surrounding communities. The Girls Rock Camp Alliance operates as the organizing body for the dozens of Rock Camps across the …