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Powered by Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists, by Lyn Mikel Brown
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“When teen activist Julia Bluhm made headlines for challenging digitally altered images of young women in Seventeen magazine, the media omitted mention of her collaboration with adult women from the organization SPARK movement. Brown addresses a problem increasingly voiced within the girls’ rights movement; the persistence of a faux-feminist profit-driven ‘girl power’ image that threatens the coalition between adults and girls that’s needed for feminism to thrive. Using real examples of youth activists and the women who support them, she critiques mainstream methods of ‘girl empowerment’ and offers solutions that go beyond the celebration of individual ‘super girls.’”—Ms.“A refreshing counterpoint to age-old freakouts about teens’ lives, highlighting cool examples of girls who are working to change culture in big ways...this guide shifts the focus away from self-improvement and adults bestowing wisdom on teens and instead centers on ways women and girls can engage with each other as peers, sharing knowledge and shaping an entirely different world.”—Sarah Mirk, Bitch Magazine“Powered by Girl is for everyone—parents, mentors, and teachers—who work with girls. Even girls 14 and above who want to be activists can get a lot out of reading it. It offers an insight into how we can all work for a social change rooted in intergenerational and inclusive ways.”—Skipping Stones Magazine“Powered By Girl is inherently, intrinsically, and inevitably intersectional. It doesn’t fall victim to easy platitudes about what it’s like to fight for change as a girl or a woman, and it doesn’t ignore the complexities of difference (age, race, class, sexual orientation, ability, etc.) in these relationships. Intersectionality in supporting girls and fostering effective activism must be intersectional, and it must be collaborative...A must read for any woman even remotely close to being an activist, Powered By Girl demands that girls and women need to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other to disrupt ingrained systemic injustices and oppression against women—all women. And that’s the key. Alone, we are doomed. But together, we are unstoppable.”—Kaitlin Tremblay, Shameless Magazine“If you’re committed to working with girls—and I mean really working with them in every respect, through all the messy beauty of their activism—Powered by Girl is an essential read.”—Loretta Ross, Co-founder of SisterSong“Highlighting the collective dimensions of girls’ activism, Powered by Girl is an important corrective to over-simplified discussions of girls’ empowerment. Brown’s passionate call for intergenerational collaboration engages with the challenges and rewards of this kind of activism, demonstrates a profound respect for girls’ knowledge and expertise, and asks all the right questions about how adults can better support girls in the struggle for a more just world.”—Jessica K. Taft, author of Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas“Behind every ‘exceptional’ girl is...a movement! Kudos to Lyn Mikel Brown for identifying the architecture that lifts up the next generation of feminists!”—Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, authors of Manifesta and Grassroots“If you teach, mentor, or work with girls, you need to read Powered by Girl. Full of stories and strategies, it’s a must-read manual for nurturing agency, sisterhood, and critical consciousness in girl activists. Adults will learn when to step up and when to step back, how to cultivate inclusiveness and truth telling among girls, and how to develop the most fertile conditions for girl activism to flourish.”—Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out and The Curse of the Good Girl“I am a huge fan of Lyn Mikel Brown’s; her partnerships with girls and support of their activism are nothing short of revolutionary. Powered by Girl explains how she joined forces across generations to make change—and, even better, how we can too!”—Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape“Brown offers us a powerful and urgent critique of the media generated ‘kick-ass girl,’ a mythical girl who supposedly needs no one but herself to change the world. Behind the scenes, Brown shows us how real girls and women can truly kick some ass by working together on jointly constructed actions for social justice. An essential read for those who want to create a more just and humane world and want girls and women to lead the way. Read it right here, right now!”—Niobe Way, author of Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendship and the Crisis of Connection“In this bold, inspiring book, Lyn Mikel Brown investigates the realities and possibilities of intergenerational activism—and does not shrink from the challenges. A blueprint for intergenerational feminist work, Powered by Girl offers multiple strategies for adult women to build hopeful, respectful activist relationship with girls, all the while acknowledging the complexities of grassroots politics today.”—Anita Harris, Research Professor, Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University“The development of honest dialogues between adult allies and girls is the key to social change—and recognizing that girls are the most qualified experts of their experiences is critical to their activism. Lyn Mikel Brown’s book accurately captures the benefits—and challenges—of how to nurture our next generation of change agents.”—Clarice Bailey and Charlotte Jacobs, Girls Justice League“Powered by Girl is a godsend for everyone who parents or works with girls. Girls are passionate about making the world a better place. But when they try to do so, obstacles appear that adults need to help with. Lyn Mikel Brown shows us how and challenges us to go far beyond vague good intentions by building genuine, respectful, mutually trusting relationships that succeed in making change both out in the world and inside ourselves.”—Nancy Gruver, Founder, New Moon Girls“Powered by Girl is the essential manual for anyone working with young activists—from youth workers to seasoned mentors. Lyn Mikel Brown presents the necessary skills for adult allies to be supportive and effective backseat drivers while girls do the steering.”—Wendy Lesko, President of Youth Activism Project and Co-Founder of School Girls Unite“In an increasingly commodified feminist movement, Powered by Girl offers insight into how girls and young women can reimagine a movement rooted in political activism, and gives activists the tools to do so in an intergenerational and inclusive way.”—Julie Zeilinger, Founding Editor, FBomb“Powered by Girl is a compelling narrative and rationale for feminist intergenerational practices with girls, dismantling ageist models of girls’ programming, and making visible the diverse ways coalitions of girls and their allies are pushing forward a new feminist agenda. An important book for all interested in girls’ studies and girls’ activism.”—Amy Rutstein-Riley, PhD, MPH, Principal Investigator of The Girlhood Project at Lesley University
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About the Author
Lyn Mikel Brown has been studying and working with girls for more than twenty-five years. A professor of education and human development at Colby College, she is the author of five previous books about gender and girlhood, and is the cofounder of three grassroots organizations.
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Product details
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press (September 13, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807094609
ISBN-13: 978-0807094600
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.5 out of 5 stars
14 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#555,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
"Because the media consistently suppressed collective collaboration and instead hyped Julia's individual achievement, she and her team lost a genuine opportunity to educate youth and the adults who work with them about the most important truth about effective social-change work: you don't do it alone."This is a great book on how to support girls in activism.I appreciate that this book goes into the difference between women in leadership roles and activism (for example, helping girls re-shape existing power systems so they can thrive instead of simply participating in current structures and going beyond "empowerment" to give girls the reigns) and how to support girls in their journeys.This book also talks about some of the struggles that groups supporting girls face such as not taking their experiences seriously or pushing an agenda that doesn't align with what the youth want to do. Discussing not only common problems but how to overcome them makes this book through. There's also lots on power structures and privilege and how it's okay to laugh and make mistakes.This is a wonderful book that educators/mentors/youth and organizations should all read and take to heart. By giving girls support and understanding when they're so young, we give them the tools they need to change the world.
With #metoo and the 2nd annual Women's march, it seemed like a good time to grab this book for another read. This book continues to be relevant and engaging for women and men who want to work with and support young women in achieving their own aims and ambitions as feminists and activists. First up is the firm reminder that young women aren't here to carry on the legacy of their elders; they are here to carry on the spirit of their elders, innovating and moving forward with their own visions. Second up is the mythbuster, still needed, that successful women activitists act alone. #metoo reinforces that, but how long will it take before we simmer back down to a world in which successful women are mavericks and one-offs rather than part of supportive and strong networks. The third idea that resonates is the mental shift in which women drive the conversation and write their own definitions of success rather than supporting each other in entering the male conversation and achieving "male" success. The author starts there and keeps right on going with practical advice and necessary cautions based on her academic work and experience. Worth reading as a mentor, a teacher, a parent, or even as a young women of high school age or beyond.
Powered by Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists, by Lyn Mikel Brown, is a well-organized book. I'm interested in developing a training program for young adults to become activists, so the subject of Brown's book was of interest. First, I appreciate and recognize the focus in this book on girls, but I note that many of the activist development issues also apply to boys. Second, my book now has numerous Post-it tags. There are many, many thoughtful tidbits throughout. I will have all my students read chapter 1, "The myth of the special girl." I also like chapter 3, which details 6 reasons why "...we should be engaging girls in activism and social-change work" (p. 48).This book seems written less for the girl activist, and more for the adult supporters of activist girls.
This volume is great as it is for leaders of groups of young women who want to effect change for helping to steer them and recognizing ways to assist that help promote their mission in a more authentic way.I agree with a second reviewer who suggested a volume be written for the girls themselves to help them recognize the ways they can be better and fight some societal issues themselves...having an adult to help empower you is wonderful, but it's great when you have that and your own standalone tools for helping yourself.
I was impressed by Lyn Mike Brown's "Powered by Girl". The author covers a lot of ground on engaging young girls in their activism from the girls understanding themselves to the world around them but also for those who are mentoring to understand as well. The author does a good job of reiterating and reinforcing but also inspiring. It isn't so long that it can overstay its welcome but it isn't so short that it comes off as trite feel-good babble. It has a nice grounded and thoughtful balance to it.
I loved reading Powered by Girl! It is a great book for educators and mentors who work with teen girls. Lyn Mikel Brown challenges readers to think critically about societies reactions to social movements that claim to empower girls. She takes on both gender and generational myths that threaten to impede girls from their place in activism as a coming-of-age right. Having worked with teenage girls in formal classrooms, summer camps, and in different countries, I wish I had read this book long ago. This book gets to the heart of what it means to empower girls and question our actions and assumptions. Powered by Girl does not always make intergenerational work sound easy, but it successfully expresses the importance with guidance and real-life examples for anyone dedicated to working authentically with girls.
Growing up and living in a small town is very different from growing up in a larger place. I was very interested to read the book to find out the challenges that girls face now and how adults are working to empower them.I agree that adults are stuck in their ways of this is how it is and this is how it's going to be when dealing with teens. I like the idea of the adults watching and interacting when needed but allowing the teens to try things for themselves and experience thing. But they always know they have the support that they need when they need it.I believe every female teacher, girl scout leader, any female who deals with teen girls should read this book. There is a ton of information that would better everyone not just activists. I know personally the way I interact with my niece's will change for the better in the future.
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