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Mom’s Heartbreak Motivated Recovery from Anorexia

By Yaritza Soto ● Health & Science ● February 27, 2014

When high school student Yaritza Soto saw how her eating disorder was tearing her mother up, she committed herself to recovery. A version of this story was originally published on Proud2BMe (proud2bme.org).

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Video: ‘Girls Who Code’ Talk About the Inspiration

By Katina Paron ● Health & Science ● February 27, 2014

For one teen in this video it’s the chance to work on something to help Alzheimer’s disease. For another it’s the idea of making technology geared to girls and women. Reframing the male-dominated stereotypes is helping to fire them all up.

Teen Sailor Gives ‘Maidentrip’ a Big Thumbs’ Up

By Clementine Furber ● Arts & Culture ● February 20, 2014

The documentary about Laura Dekker’s historic solo sail around the world at age 13 is particularly inspiring to female sailors around her age. It shows us that if we want to be skipper we have to want to assume control, says Clementine Furber. We can’t be satisfied with less.

Dear Diary: I’m Not Worthy

By Janice He & Cabricia Diaz ● Teen Voices ● January 30, 2014

Teen Voices Rising staff write entries about a time when someone has made them feel unworthy — or when they have been on the other end of the spectrum as the aggressor.

Girl Talk at This Camp Goes Deep into Limitations

By Hannah Posner & Por Alison Bowen ● Teen Voices ● January 1, 2014

Campers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and India didn’t open up at first. But after they heard me voicing my own complaints they realized I wasn’t going to look down at them or depict the U.S. as a perfect place for girls and women. That’s when the sharing began.

Stars Stuck: Why Role Models Go Bad

By Cabricia Diaz, Diana Karamourtopoulos & Janice He ● Commentary ● December 10, 2013

Teen Voices Rising staff wrote letters to celebrities who may or may not fit into the traditional Hollywood standards of beauty and power and asked them burning questions that speak to the minds of their generation. Are these idols inspiring or disheartening girls?

Hidden Truths: Why Some Women Wear Hijab, Others Don’t

By Womens Enews Staff ● Commentary ● October 23, 2013

These three articles were written by teens in the Teens in Print program of WriteBoston