Sisterhood of Greatness Manifesto – Declaration # 3 This series is designed to break down each level of the manifesto in order to guide you towards your sisterhood breakthrough…a breakthrough that allows you to fully embrace, claim, and demonstrate your understanding of what being sisterly means and being connected to[…]
Right now the world seems fascinated by Wonder Woman. At Sisterhood Agenda, we have been fascinated by her for a long time. The epitome of women’s empowerment, she has been a comic book collection, a television series, a UN Ambassador (before she was unceremoniously fired), and now she is a movie[…]
Sisterhood Agenda unites women and girls in a global sisterhood movement. Empowering girls is no easy task. Empowerment is a complex concept, especially considering the socialization and media processes at work that can undermine our power from a very young age. Sisterhood Agenda’s A Journey Toward Womanhood Curriculum Guide with[…]
When you appreciate your unique beauty, it increases your self-esteem and self-awareness. Self-definition means you are comfortable being yourself. This process is empowering and makes us feel good about who we are. Read more: Finding Power in the Erotic Your beauty is as unique as your fingerprint, the curl pattern[…]
The DC superhero sisterhood for girls is pretty interesting. The sisterhood franchise was launched in July 2015 as DC Super Hero Girls. Original characters featured at the launch were Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Katana, and Bumblebee. Other characters include: Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Star Sapphire, Beast Boy, Cheetah,[…]
Gen Z is also known as the Internet Generation. Does Gen Z know and understand their cultural significance as the first majority “minority” group? I never liked the word “minority.” When I wrote about the word in my Princeton University thesis many years ago, I wrote how its political use denoted[…]
Images by DC Comics Excerpt from Girls Guide: How to Be a Sister Do you ever wonder about Wonder Woman? Created by William Moulton Marston and published by DC Comics, Wonder Woman fights for justice, love, peace, and gender equality. Wonder Woman is a warrior princess of the Amazons tribe,[…]
Sharing Private Moments Girls and young women sharing nude pics and photos is a risky, yet commonplace activity. According to a survey conducted by Cosmopolitan Magazine, 89% of millennial women, those ages 20-35 year-old, have taken naked pictures of themselves. However, before you snap, post, chat, upload, download, or do anything naked or sexual[…]
Creating the perfect website for your cause is not that complicated. However, it is not easy, either. Are you an activist, sisterhood leader, or other agent for positive social change? Then you know that getting support and establishing partnerships are important. It is not wonder that your website and other[…]
Afro-Brazilian Filmmaker Creates new film, Baobab Flowers, A Documentary That Explores Education Inequality in Brazil and the U.S. Gabriela Watson Aurazo, a Brazilian filmmaker and activist based in Philadelphia, just launched a crowdfunding campaign to support her latest documentary, Baobab Flowers. The film explores educational inequality as a global issue in Black[…]
Why would any woman want to lighten her skin? It is a similar mindset that would would motivate someone to have surgery to make changes to their face (nose job, facial implants, lip plumping) and body (breast augmentation, liposuction, butt injections). Fake hair, fake nails, fake body, fake skin? What[…]
“Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.” Carol Moseley-Braun You are an incomparable masterpiece and wonder of the world but think about how many times you have been compared to or compared yourself to someone else. If that perception[…]
The grumblings of women, upset with the status quo about body image, has grown louder and louder throughout the last two years. I often find myself wondering if 2016 will truly be the year that we mainstream “average” bodies. Even that sentiment makes little sense. How do you mainstream what[…]
Self-definition is empowering. When I was in my third year at Princeton University, I wrote a independent research titled, “Black Women & Self-Definition.” When I started Sisterhood Agenda at age 23, one of the first things that I did was integrate the concept of self-definition into our A Journey Toward[…]
