Beauties of Yesteryear: The Brinkley Girls
What do Prudence Prim, Flossie, Gloriette, Dimples, Pretty Polly and Sunny Sue have in common? They’re all 1920′s illustrated heroines by artist Nell Brinkley. Brinkley’s artistic career, spanning the...
View ArticleA Girl And Her Room: Girls’ Bedrooms Around the World
A teenage girl’s bedroom often reveals more about who she is and what’s important to her than a conversation with her. For a privileged girl in the United States, molding her living space is the...
View ArticleAmazing New Toy Promotes Future Female Engineers
When you ask a little girl what she wants to be when she grows up, the most common answer will be a princess. While more females than males are attending college in the US, the field of engineering is...
View ArticleVisual Bits #338 > Illustrating Feminine Beauty
Check out your links after the jump. Paintings by Sarah Geneblazo Nom Kinnear King Allegory — A Perfect Face Camilla Engman THEATER CLOUDS – LITTLE WORLD OF PAPER OF ELLY MACKAY Hear Daniel Roar,...
View ArticleGirls Have Really Messy Rooms: Photos by Maya Fuhr
Photographer Maya Fuhr was commissioned by VICE to embark on a photographic exploration. This trek was aimed to show us that female bedrooms are not all neat and tidy domiciles. With preconceived...
View ArticleKevin Peterson Paints Innocence in a Sometimes Difficult World
Children are so innocent when they are young, but as they grow up in the wild world, they discover the behaviors of the humans who have lived longer. It’s hard to hold on to that sweetness once...
View ArticleWhat’s the Most Popular Girl’s Name? This Video Tracks Their Evolution from...
From Anna, to Jennifer and Isabella, the popularity of different girl names is always in flux. But what’s in a name? As this bubble chart animation illustrates, there’s a lot of cultural significance...
View ArticleUnwanted: Website Highlights the Shocking War Against Daughters in India
Designer Tania Boa has just released a data-driven project that highlights an incredible yet overlooked issue: every 50 seconds, a parent in India kills their daughter. India is a hugely patriarchal...
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