Notes of a Teen Feminist

When I was growing up, there weren’t a lot of media sources to inspire a young, independent woman. There was Ms. Magazine – but it was targeted to the post-college set, not teen girls. Later on, children of the grunge era had Sassy.

Looking around now, there are plenty of websites that present a feminist approach to the news – but how many of them deal specifically with the kinds of issues high school girls are going through? That’s why Julie Zeilinger decided to start her own blog. Julie is 16 and from Pepper Pike, Ohio. She’s the founder and editor of The F-Bomb, which launched this month and has already gotten quite a bit of attention from other feminist blogs.

She joined us from New York, where she’s an intern this summer at the National Council for Research on Women. We discussed a teen's perspective on politics and sex, why feminism is more relevant than ever, her volunteer work with women's groups in India, and meeting feminist icon Gloria Steinem.

The F-Bomb

Salon's Broadsheet: Letter from a young feminist

Julie Zeilinger in The Huffington Post: Gloria Steinem: The Iconic Feminist Speaks to Our Generation