Just because Sarah Palin shares my anatomy does not mean she represents me or my interests. Sarah Palin’s policies, worldview, and philosophies differ from mine on almost every level. Her interests are harmful to women, specifically those who are working class, middle class, and women of color. I think it is important to make this […]

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The Beijing Olympics are about to enter their second week, and oh the stories that have ensued in the first week alone! Some are good, and some are not-so-good. Basically, they make for a once-every-four-years spectacle that is so unique in that it’s something we can all share and experience together.
Here are the top […]

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I am addicted to what is called one of the best new shows on television. Mad Men, which airs on Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. on AMC is the saga of the members of the Sterling Cooper advertising agency and the lovely ladies that work there and are married to the men.
The show takes place […]

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Instead of loathing the return of my beloved (and often uncomfortable and painful) monthly visitor, I have decided to embrace our long-term relationship and track my periods online. I love Mon.thly.info, a website where I am able to track and predict my period and ovulation cycle for free. This site is the best period related […]

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This blog post, which was originally published on July 1, is cross-posted from Interestingly Enough, a blog written by Kibkabe Araya. She is a senior at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, who has allowed Girl HeadQuarters to start cross-posting some of her excellent writing! Here’s Kibkabe!
How do you really feel? Sad, depressed, gloomy. […]

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Clare Langan is a senior at Marist College in New York, studying fashion merchandising and business. She has interned at Family Circle magazine, and she just returned from a semester in Florence; she’s also an avid runner, shoe-shopper, and cook! She hopes to pursue a career that can help people, one article at […]

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I just read a really, really cool book that I think you GHQ readers will love: How to Be Bad. This YA fiction book, collectively written by E. Lockhart, Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski, chronicles a weekend in the life of Jesse, Vicks, and Mel, three Florida-based teenagers who decide to go on a […]

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I just finished reading Jill Kargman and Carrie Karasyov’s co-written novel Summer Intern, a great YA book which just came out in paperback, and I loved it!
The book follows Kira, a whip-smart, hyper-ambitious girl from Philadelphia who wins an essay contest… and the prize is an internship with Skirt, New York City’s hottest fashion magazine. […]

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Editor’s note: Guest blogger Casey McNulty is a senior at Boston University. She’s interned for CosmoGIRL! and has worked on her school newspaper. She writes a blog for the Albany, New York newspaper the Times Union, where a longer version of this blog post is published (so you can also weigh on the […]

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Courtney Macavinta is a writer, non-profit executive, and teen advocate extraordinaire, who I have the pleasure of publishing on GHQ! She’s the author of Respect: A Girl’s Guide to Getting Respect and Dealing When Your Line is Crossed. She’s the founder of Respect Rx, a program designed to empower girls and women and […]

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