The two immediately tangled in a bloodthirsty fight, one reveling in his ability to select the perfect four-letter word, the other struggling to defend his masculinity. Yards away, I stood in my chic maxi and hip hair, stunned. Yet, at that moment I was ashamed of my fashion statement, my bountiful hair and my developing body. What they forgot, she says, was to value things that are uniquely female. The purpose of the magazine, she says, is to provide an alternative female media voice which is neither as frivolous as many glamour magazines nor as stoic as more feminist ones.
Girls retire at adolescence, then women emerge.
But now, girls are in. Defining the girl power movement, however, isn't so easy. In its most popular version, girl power means that you can be even hyperfeminine, with makeup and push-up bras. You can deliberately objectify yourself sexually but still demand respect from men. They are striving to put sexuality in the background and help girls get involved in athletics, in their communities and academics.