November - 2015

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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The transgender youth movement in NYC

I am a transgender, agender teenager living in New York City. I am very sure of my identity. I’ve known it since I was very young, I suppose since around the age of eight. I would think about boys, and then I would think about girls, and I always pictured myself somewhere in between. I knew I was a girl… but not exactly. Not quite. I am proud of and adjusted to my identity, but no one else seems to be. I have attempted to make my gender known to several of my friends, but

Class Spotlight: Uppity Witches

In the Advice Project’s Uppity Witches class for teens of all genders, we spent the first few weeks learning about witches, witch hunts, and the treatment of women in Prehistory, Early Modern European History, and contemporary Cameroonian society. We discussed the idea of “the third degree,” patriarchy, and the construction of gender, and we watched clips from a few Disney films featuring both old, ugly witches and young, naive girls. Students wondered why witches are often p