Can boy wear a skirt to school?

A growing number of teenagers have been dressing to articulate gender identity and sexual orientation, confounding school officials, whose responses have ranged from indifference to applause to bans. In a New York Times article, Jan Hoffman explores how this generation is challenging the gender norms.

Fat Talk

When is the last time you said to your friends or daughter something like, "I love my legs?" You probably can't remember. So often women bond by saying self deprecating remarks about how they fall short in some physical area. Well it's time to end Fat Talk. In a blog by Dara Chadwick, she emphasizes the importance of keeping comments about yourself positive. She also introduces a video by the sorority Delta Delta Delta which kicks off "Fat Talk Free" Week, an initiative designed to encourage women to be aware of what they're saying about their bodies and to consciously choose to speak positively about themselves.