Young Feminists Speak Out at TEDxYouth
Students from my feminism class spoke at TEDxYouth at the Hewitt School (photo by Ileana Jiménez).
After much planning and rehearsing, half of the students in my Fierce and Fabulous: Feminist Women Writers, Artists, and Activists class and I finally got up on stage at TEDxYouth Day held at the Hewitt School in New York. The theme of this year’s TEDxYouth was “Be the Change,” and all talks were live-streamed globally. During our 16 minute talk, each of my students and I spoke about how we came to our feminist voice.
For two students, seniors Taylor Brando and Ian Tsang, their feminism emerges from watching the women in