From the first few lines of The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls (1997) by Joan Jacobs Brumberg, I was hooked. I loved the concept of doing research in girls’ diaries from the past in order to gain present understanding of how girlhood and the intimacies of puberty have changed over the years.... Continue Reading →
This feels like a deeply personal post, and usually when I write something like this, I connect it to a book and I spend a few weeks or more crafting it into an essay with a purpose or a message. Today, I’m just answering the following questions for my class. What group were you in... Continue Reading →
At the end of one of my English 1010 classes, a student wrote a magnificent paper. I don’t remember the exact theme or her argument, but I do remember that she had used Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (1994) as a source. Now, this student was no ordinary student. She... Continue Reading →
The Bookshelf of Emily J. 