August - 2014

Changing the World: One Story at a Time

Youth Citizen Journalists Tell Their Stories

THE HUB is an online magazine and blog that features feminist articles and films by citizen journalists. The publication is a longterm project conceived by Advice Project Media, and its mission is to help lift the voices of youth, women, and indigenous peoples from around the world by sharing their articles and films about gender, the environment, intersectionality, and climate change.

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Am I Pretty?

They decorate me like a Christmas Tree. Then, they say, “You are so pretty.” But then I say, “No, No, No.” Then they put a big fat bow on me. Why do they do this to me? Can’t they see my real beauty? I am much better inside than what I look like on the outside. So, please, please, please answer me — AM I PRETTY? _____________________________________________________________ Hasina Nayl is 11 years old and lives in New York. Her favorite color is red and she is in love with wri

Taking Charge of the Media — Amplifying the Stories of Afghan-American Teen Girls

“What is this word, media?” whispered the girl sitting next to me. I took a deep breath and looked into the expectant faces of seven pre-teen and teen Afghan-American girls surrounding me at the table at the beginning of our media workshop, then smiled and began a discussion about various forms of mass communication such as television, newspapers, film and music. I talked about how the voices of women and girls are grossly underrepresented in the media, yet how the bodies of