"On October 22rd, (2010) a coalition of girls and women activists, male allies, educators, researchers, media experts, funders, and policymakers met at Hunter College in New York City for the Sexualization Protest: Action, Resistance, Knowledge (SPARK) Summit. There were no corporate sponsors and no commercial interests to appease, no cute pink fashionable giveaways, and no high-pitched plea to marketers to interview the girls attending. SPARK provided a day to speak out, push back, plan, and have fun while igniting a movement for girls’ rights to healthy sexuality.
SPARK began as a response to The Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls and its call for grassroots mobilizing around the clear and present danger that sexualization poses to girls and young women. The Report clarified the difference between healthy sexuality and sexual objectification."
-SPARK (http://www.sparksummit.com/about-us/).
The website is facilitating remarkable --and much needed-- dialogue around this important topic. The blogs they post are thoughtful, intelligent pieces (http://www.sparksummit.com/category/blog/), giving a clear and articulate chorus of voices to this issue. Even better, they feature and promote the kind of role models for girls, young women, and adult women that we need in this world.
Keep up the good work SPARK. You have my full support.
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